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    Contender Bush Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)

    Introduced in the mid-20th century, this all-purpose heirloom will give you a huge crop of tasty, tender green pods. The versatile Contender produces early and performs well in both hot and cool growing conditions.

    • 40 seeds minimum
    • Germination: 7-10 days
    • Maturity: 50days
    • Direct sow 1-1 ½” deep in full sun after danger of frost has passed. Beans need soil temperatures between 75-85° F to sprout.
    • Space plants 3-6” apart; space row 2-3’ apart.

     

     

     

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    • 5
      Excellent!

      Posted by Bob H on 21st Jul 2022

      Stringless - minimal work for those who have day jobs :)) Great producer - got a boatload out of 2.5 rows .5 row for seed next year Great taste - cooked up very nicely

    • 5
      Prolific!

      Posted by Angie on 26th Dec 2015

      Cannot believe the amount of beans these plants produced! Pest resistant and easy to grow. Beans had great flavor and texture. Wonderful steamed fresh as well as canned.

    • 5
      Great Producer!

      Posted by Rachael Homkes on 10th Dec 2015

      We were swimming in these beans by the end of the gardening season! Once they started producing, they never stopped. Plenty of beautiful, great-tasting beans for fresh eating, and LOTS for freezing as well. They taste great frozen as well. Love these beans! They outproduced my rows of Blue Lake Bush beans by quite a bit. Not the straightest bean, so if canning is your #1 priority, these may not be your top choice.

    • 5
      Wonderful Green Bean!

      Posted by Melissa Carlson on 18th Feb 2015

      Love this bean! One plant produced 25 beans at once!

    • 5
      Excellent Bush Bean

      Posted by Laura K on 14th Sep 2013

      These are great. We had more green beans than we could eat most of the spring and summer. Great taste and blanche and freeze well also. We will certainly buy these again for next year!

    • 5
      Great bean overall!

      Posted by Sue in MN on 28th Nov 2012

      I grew these for the first time this past summer. Great flavor, almost blemish-free, heat/disease resistant, nice and crisp, compact plant that produces wonderfully. Picked beans every other day and plants kept going until October. I am doubling my # of plants next year, they were sooo good. Definitely worth trying!

    • 5
      Hardworking Plants!

      Posted by jen in michigan on 21st Aug 2011

      I planted Contender beans approximately June 1 and began to harvest about six weeks later. The plants have been extremely vigorous and disease free and have tolerated very well the many days of 90+ degree weather we've had in Michigan this year, although I did water from time to time. They have been producing daily for over a month and are beginning to wind down. The flavor and texture of the beans can't be beat. I will replant this variety next year.

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