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Vegetable Planting Calendar

Green beans, bush

Green beans, pole | Green beans, half-runner types

• Approximate planting per person per year, fresh, 10 to 15 feet
• Approximate planting per person per year, process, 20 to 30 feet
• 1 pound of seeds for 100 feet of row
• Minimum row space if hand cultivated, 24 inches
• Minimum row space if using field implements, 42 inches
• 3 inches between plants in row
• Plant 1 inch deep
• 50 to 60 days from planting to eating stage
• 660 international units of vitamin A per 100 gram sample
• 14 milligrams of vitamin C per 100 gram sample
• Snap beans questions and answers
• Recommended varieties
  • Contender
    Mosaic resistant, heat tolerant, high yield
  • Derby
    Mosaic resistant, early high yield
  • Hialeah
    Mosaic resistant, high yield
  • Provider
    Mosaic resistant, white seeded
  • Royal Burgundy
    Pods turn green when cooked
  • Strike
    Mosaic resistant
  • Tendercrop
    Mosaic resistant, dark green, tender pods
  • Topcrop
    Mosaic resistant, stringless, high yield

• Recommended planting dates
  • South Missouri
    April 5 to May 10
    Aug. 1 to 20
  • Central Missouri
    April 15 to May 20
    July 25 to Aug. 10
  • North Missouri
    April 25 to May 30
    July 25 to Aug. 5

Green beans, pole

• 3 to 5 hills
• 3 to 5 hills
• 0.5 pound
• Minimum row space if hand cultivated, 30 inches
• Minimum row space if using field implements, 42 inches
• 36 inches between plants in row
• Plant 1 inch deep
• 60 to 70 days from planting to eating stage
• 660 international units of vitamin A per 100 gram sample
• 14 milligrams of vitamin C per 100 gram sample
• Snap beans questions and answers
• Recommended varieties
  • Blue Lake
    Good eating quality
  • Kentucky Wonder
    Standard pole bean with distinctive flavor

• Recommended planting dates
  • South Missouri
    April 20 to May 15
  • Central Missouri
    May 1 to 20
  • North Missouri
    May 10 to 20

Green beans, half-runner types

• Recommended varieties
  • Mountaineer
    Good yield. Pods light green
  • State
    Pods slightly curved. Some drought tolerance
  • Striped
    Vigorous, can be interplanted with corn

• Recommended planting dates
  • South Missouri
    April 15 to May 10
    Aug. 1 to 20
  • Central Missouri
    April 15 to May 20
    July 25 to Aug. 10
  • North Missouri
    April 25 to May 30
    July 25 to Aug. 5

G6201, revised April 2000

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