Grow guide
How to grow Wax Bean Pencil Pod Black Wax
Phaseolus vulgaris
- Type
- Bean
- Zones
- USDA zones 3–11
- Sun
- Full
- Time to harvest
- 54–56 days
- Spacing
- 4″ apart
- Density
- 9 per sq ft
- Habit
- Bush
- Frost tolerance
- Tender
- Sowing
- Direct sow
- Start indoors
- 0 weeks before last frost
- Succession
- Every 14 days
Care
- Water Weekly
- Harvest 2x/week in season
- Fertilize At planting
Notes
Heirloom introduced 1900; round stringless 5.5-7" yellow pods on stocky bushes; black seeds are used as a dry bean when pods are left to mature.
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