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Bean Pole - Snap - Kentucky Blue
Plant after the last average frost date. This snap bean is very resistant to rusts and mosaic virus. The Bean Pole Snap Kentucky Blue, 'Phaseolus vulgaris', is a 1991 All America Winner. The Kentucky Blue, like most pole beans, produces all season and is earlier than most pole beans. Pole types have 3 to 7 foot long vines. The parents are Kentucky Wonder/Blue Lake and they provide a sweetened taste. Kentucky Blue beans prefer rich, organic, well drained, warm soils. The Pole Bean Kentucky Blue is an annual and is very frost sensitive. In addition, the pole snap beans will use less garden space by growing vertically on a pole, trellis, or teepee made of poles. The Kentucky Blue has 6 to 8 inch, tender, dark green, round, straight pods. Pole beans, in very warm climates, can be planted in late August for fall harvest. Snap beans used to be called string beans, but most varieties today are stringless. ... find out more
Pepper - Chile - Scotch Bonnet Use gloves and do not touch any other part of the body after harvesting. They are great in salsa. Note: To get a jump on the season transplant outside, use a walls-of-water or some black plastic to maintain and increase temperatures. Once you get over the initial blistering heat, the intense citrus-like flavor will win you over. Words such as hellish, blistering, and incendiary are used to describe the heat. Scotch Bonnet will produce a crop in climates not quite hot enough for Habanero. Harvest when 1 inch long or longer. |
