Vegetables
Heredity: Open Pollinated
History: Metze Family Heirloom
Country of Origin: USA
Days to harvest: 54

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Vine
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Plant Height: 8-10 feet
Plant Spread: 15-20 inches
Uses: Vegetable
Edible Parts: Fruit
Dynamic Accumulator: Nitrogen fixer
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Sow in situ
Pollinators: Bees

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Common names
  • Pole Bean
  • Common Bean
  • Green Bean
Also sold as:
  • Selma Zester

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Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2023-06-23
Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2023-06-20
Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2023-06-20
Comments:
  • Posted by farmerdill (Augusta Georgia - Zone 8a) on Jun 20, 2023 2:09 PM concerning plant:
    A 54 day heirloom from the J. C. Metze family of Newberry, SC. It is similar to the popular Rattlesnake. Growing well under my conditions. Excellent snap beans with meaty pods that hold their tenderness longer than most pole beans. It is often marketed as Selma Zesta

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