Bush Beans vs Pole Beans

[610Alpha]

This year I got the 2nd hog panel put up to use in my raised bed garden.

I planted both blue lake bush beans and kentucky wonder pole beans. Bush beans got beat out by the pole beans in production. I don't have actual pounds and square feet but I do know that on one picking i got about a 1/3 of a grocery of bag from bush beans from over a dozen plants and I got 1 1/4 bags of beans from 4 pole bean plants.

I will be doing pole beans next year and using the space from the bush beans for other crops...not sure what.

[Matt In Oklahoma]

I had the same results with pole beans wayyyy outproducing bush beans

[miked2345]

Are the pole beans a vine plant? Do they climb as they grow? Is it a green bean? I planted some blue lake bush beans this year, thought they did ok, but it sounds like pole beans maybe better...

[610Alpha]

Are the pole beans a vine plant? Do they climb as they grow? Is it a green bean? I planted some blue lake bush beans this year, thought they did ok, but it sounds like pole beans maybe better...

Yes pole beans are a vine type of plant that grows up a trellis or hog panel in my case (4' x 16'). They are a green bean and this variety is a very long green bean pod.

[wwdnet]

Bush Beans...Not Going There!

I did just bush beans this year and they did well for a bit; production was good for a couple of weeks and then they shriveled up and died (and yes, I did water them!). I will do pole beans instead of bush.

[610Alpha]

and the super secret admin comes out from the shadows again...Thanks for your help with the forum!!

Reminds me of Charlie from Charlie's Angels except no conference call speaker :(

[All Talk]

We planted asian "yard-long" beans, which are pole beans. Got lots, each bean is 12-24 inched long when its ready to pick. I don't know if it's more productive, but you can stroll by the raised bed, and take beans that will all fit in the grasp of one hand which are more than enough for a family of four that day.

[kappydell]

pole beans are beans that climb. they are old fashioned precursors to bush beans. They easily outproduce bush beans, and they are easier to pick for folks like me who don't bend over as well as we used to. I plant a combination, as bush beans bear earlier. I plant a row of pole beans, then a row directly in front of bush beans. That way my bean patch produces more consistently and the pole beans are kicking into high gear when the bush beans start sulking in the heat of summer. Then I put in more bush beans as I pick/clear out one-time producers (carrots, for example) for a quick growing autumn crop.
BTW, some cabbages will grow mini-heads (up to baseball size) if you cut them off and leave the root. I like to get the maximum yield for my plantings.