Contender Bush Beans – 20 Seeds
(Stringless Bush Beans)
R30.00
A stringless favorite since 1949, it produces after only 50 days from sowing, and tolerates heat and powdery mildew where other varieties suffer. Disease resistant.
Indoor Sowing: Not Recommended.
Direct Sowing: Spring and Summer.
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🥕 Vegetable Quick Facts
Vegetable Info
- 🥬 Vegetable Type: Seed/Legume
- 🍽️ Culinary Use: Boiled / Steamed, Salads, Soups and Stews, Stir-frying
- 🥗 Edible Part: Pod, Seed
Growth Traits
- 🌱 Life Cycle: Annual
- 🪴 Growth Habit: Bushy, Compact, Upright
Growing Requirements
- 🌞 Sun Exposure: Full Sun
- 💧 Water Needs: Moderate Water
- ☀️ Growing Conditions: Frost Sensitive, Moderate Heat Tolerance, Moderately Drought Tolerant, Not Cold Tolerant
- 🟤 Soil Preference: Fertile, Loam, pH 6.0 - 7.0, Rich Organic, Well-Drained
Contender Bush Beans is one of the best bush beans ever. It is a heavy cropper with round-oval pods and a strong, distinctive flavor. It’s an early bean that does well under short seasons and cool conditions, but it will thrive in hot weather too. A string-less favorite since 1949, it produces after only 50 days from sowing, and tolerates heat and powdery mildew where other varieties suffer. Disease resistant.
Growing Contender Bush Beans
Indoor Sowing: Not Recommended.
Direct Sowing: Spring and Summer.
- All types of beans should be sown after the danger of frost has passed and the soil has warmed to at least 10 C.
- Sow all beans except cowpea, yard-long and lima beans 2.5 cm deep in heavy soil or 4 cm deep in light soil.
- The other three types of beans (cowpea, yard-long and lima) should be planted 1 cm deep in heavy soil and 2.5 cm deep in light soil.
- Cover the seeds with sand, peat, vermiculite or aged compost to prevent soil crusting.
- Plant bush bean seeds 5-10 cm apart in rows that are 61-91 cm apart.
- Plant pole beans in either rows or hills with seeds 15-25 cm apart in rows that approximately 1m apart. Provide support for pole beans as well.
- Growing beans, regardless of type, do not need supplemental fertilizer but they do need consistent irrigation, especially while budding and on into setting pods.
- Water bean plants with an inch of water per week depending upon weather conditions. Water in the morning so the plants can dry rapidly and avoid fungal disease
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