String Bean, Green Bean (Bean, Snap)

• Annual
• All zones
• Full sun
• Begin watering after seedlings emerge

Snap beans (also called string or green beans) have tender, fleshy pods. Besides the familiar green sort, you’ll find types with yellow or purple pods. You can choose self-supporting (bush) or climbing (pole) varieties. Plant seeds of bush types 2 inches apart, in rows spaced 2 to 3 feet apart; thin seedlings to 4 inches apart. For pole beans, space seeds 4 to 6 inches apart and allow 3 feet between rows; support the plants on a trellis or plant them around a tepee. Thin seedlings to 6 inches apart. Begin harvest 50 to 70 days after sowing seeds.