General Plant Information (Edit)
| Plant Habit: |
Herb/Forb
Vine
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| Life cycle: |
Annual
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| Sun Requirements: |
Full Sun
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| Water Preferences: |
Mesic
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| Uses: |
Vegetable
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| Edible Parts: |
Fruit
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| Dynamic Accumulator: |
Nitrogen fixer
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| Wildlife Attractant: |
Bees
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| Propagation: Seeds: |
Self fertile
Sow in situ
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| Pollinators: |
Bees
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Posted by
SCButtercup (Simpsonville SC - Zone 7b) on Aug 27, 2014 4:43 AM concerning plant:
These beans have a beautiful pattern, golden beige with reddish markings, suggesting a tiger-eye pattern. The beans are large and flavorful, but the markings disappear with cooking. I grow them under a 6 foot tall support. As the plants start to vine, I hang a string from the top of the frame to the dirt and let it drape around the vine, and I twirl the vine around the string to get it started. The plant does the rest and uses the string for support. I display a jar of these proudly in my kitchen and boast: "I grew these." They are pretty enough to be decorations.
Posted by
holity (Rockford, Illinois - Zone 5b) on Jun 11, 2014 10:42 PM concerning plant:
Open pollinated
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