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Green Bean Phaseolus vulgaris

Sun requirement for green bean: Plant in Partial Sun

Green Bean has been planted 10 times by Growstuff members.

Green beans are the unripe, young fruit and protective pods of various cultivars of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). Immature or young pods of the runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus), yardlong bean (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis), and hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus) are used in a similar way.

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Predictions

Annual

living and reproducing in a single year or less

Median lifespan

18 weeks

First harvest expected

18 weeks after planting

Height

250cm

Spread

30cm

Row Spacing

80cm

Photos

Green bean plantings

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climber beans
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Climbing beans
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Green bean seeds

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Sunniness

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Planted from

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Harvested for

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Varieties

yardlong bean

yardlong bean

Vigna unguiculata (sesquipedalis)
purple yard long bean

purple yard long bean

vigna unguiculata

Crop Map

Only plantings by members who have set their locations are shown on this map.

What people are saying about green beans

First strawberry!

by neotoma,

I had the first tiny strawberry of the season today! I'm looking forward to many more. Also, I transplanted a lot of seedlings into the community garden today: 2 [cucumber](crop)s, 3 [green bean](crop)s, 2 tongue-of-fire beans, an ornamental [sweet potato](crop), and an [artichoke](crop). I...

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