Organic Beans - Blue Lake 274
This is the bean that comes to mind when you think string beans. Highly productive over a long season, these 5-6 in. long beans have a delicious sweet, juicy and tender flavor, fresh or frozen. Good for canning and freezing.
Planting Information:
When and Where to Plant: Select sunny location and plant when all danger of frost is past, and the soil has warmed. For best results, loosen soil with spade or fork, fertilize with vegetable food and smooth with rake. Firm soil over seed and keep moist. Plant bush types every 3 weeks.
Care: Support pole beans with stout poles, trellis, string, or wire. Water by soaking soil, to reduce danger of disease.
Harvesting: Pick regularly when pods are 4-6 in./10-15 cm., before sides bulge.
Germination Time: 8 - 16 Days
Days to Maturity: 50 - 60 Days (Bush), 60 - 75 Days (Pole)
Planting Depth: 1-1/2 in.
Seed Spacing: 2 in. - 3 in.
Spacing Between Rows: 24 in. (Bush), 36 in. (Pole)
Space After Thinning: 4 in. - 6 in.
Light Requirements: Full Sun