Bean : Slenderette

Slender dark green unmatched quality and bountiful crops

The sleek rounded pods of gourmet quality Slenderette are particularly tender and crunchy with no tough tips or fiber. The vigorous plants bear strong harvests of delectable, bright green, 5" pods early in the season. Juicy and sweet tasting, they are especially delicious steamed, stir-fried, blanched or marinated in an herbed vinaigrette. An extra bonus is Slenderette's proven disease resistance to bean mosaic and curly top virus. Plant this reliable, delicious and high-yielding garden bean every season.

Fabaceae Phaseolus vulgaris

This is an example of the timeline you would see based on your growing conditions.

Bean: Snap (Bush)

Slenderette

Also known as string beans, French beans or green beans, this easy crop is a mainstay of the traditional vegetable garden. They were once commonly called string beans, but most modern varieties don't have strings.

Bush varieties are shorter and mature faster than pole varieties, but only produce for 1 - 3 weeks. Bush beans are great candidates for succession sowing for this reason.

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Basics

Ease of Growing: Moderate
Grown as: Annual
Days to Maturity: 53-57 (Spring/Summer)
Growing Habit: Bush
Hardiness: Tender

Beans are temperature sensitive and shouldn't be planted until the soil has reached at least 65˚ F.
Crops: Spring Transplant, Spring, Summer
Growing Season: Short, Long
Cultivar Type: Early
Growing Conditions: Warm, Hot

Beans like a warm sunny spot. They are not at all hardy and any frost will kill them. These tall plants are vulnerable to being blown over, so should be sheltered from high winds and supported on a stable and secure structure.
Outdoor Growing Temp: 60°F - 80°F
Min Outdoor Soil Temp: 65°F

Dark and Light-Seeded Beans: Dark-seeded beans are more resistant to rotting in cool soil than light-seeded beans. Beans need a minimum soil temperature of 65°F (18°C) to germinate well, otherwise rotting may occur. Around 80˚ F is ideal.
Start Indoors: Yes
Start Outdoors: Yes
Light: Sun: min. 6 hours daily (Cool, Warm, Hot)

Full sun.
Water: Moderate

Beans should have evenly moist soil at all times. Water lightly at planting, medium at flowering, and heavily throughout harvest time. Avoid overhead watering which can promote disease.
Feeder: Moderate

Low nitrogen. Moderate potassium. Moderate phosphorous.

Beans don't need a lot of nitrogen in the soil because they fix their own. In fact, if there is a lot in the soil they won't go to the trouble of fixing it. They do need plenty of potassium and phosphorus though.

They are sometimes planted after a crop that was heavily amended, or after a winter cover crop.
Suitability
Small Gardens?: Yes
Containers?: No
Attracts beneficial insects?: No
Color: Dark green
Fruit Size: - 5.0"
Plant Height: 18.0 - 24.0"
Plant Diameter: 12.0 - 18.0"
Hardiness Zone: 3-11
Disease Resistance: Bean Mosaic Virus, Curly Top Virus
Taste Profile: Refined, delicate flavor, very tender.
Rotation Group: Soil Builders and Cleaners: Legumes + Corn + Potatoes

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Bean : Slenderette

Slender dark green unmatched quality and bountiful crops

Slenderette

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