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The best-eating green bean!

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Product ID: 34
Fortex

(Phaseolus vulgaris)
The best-eating green bean!
Extra long, round pods. Growing to over 11", Fortex has the longest pole bean pods. Early and very productive, the beans may be picked at 7" in length for extra slender, "filet" beans. Dark green, firm-textured, round pods are completely stringless and delicious at all lengths, even after the seeds enlarge. Walnut brown seeds. Avg. 1,100 seeds/lb. Packet: 55 seeds.
Plant Cycle: (A) Days to Maturity or Bloom: 60

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Product Price Quantity  
Packet
$3.95  
250 Seeds
$8.75  
500 Seeds
$14.20  
1,000 Seeds
$25.45  
5,000 Seeds
$109.75  
25,000 Seeds
$478.75  
100,000 Seeds
$1,725.00  
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CULTURE: PLANTING: Grow pole beans on trellises or large mesh fencing, 4-pole tepees, or single poles. Sow seeds 1" deep, spaced 3" apart in rows 4' apart after soil temperature exceeds 60°F (16°C). If using poles, plant 7 seeds at the base of each pole. LARGE PLANTINGS: Drill a single row of seeds on open ground or through black plastic mulch 3 seeds/hole 8" apart using our Easy-Plant jab-type planter (see Accessories). Thin to 2 plants per hole. Place fence posts 8-10' apart, and support a 9-gauge galvanized wire at the top. With twine, lash trellis to the wire (or zigzag our natural sisal trellis twine between the top wire and a bottom twine). Anchor bottom of trellis with stakes or hoops of 9-gauge wire. Refer to Index for planters, Hortonova Trellis, sisal twine, and mulch. DISEASES, INSECTS, HARVEST, STORAGE: see Bush Beans. AVG. SEEDING RATE: 225' row or 130 poles/lb. SEED SPECS: SEEDS/LB.: 700-1,400 (avg. 900). PACKET: 1 oz. (avg. 55 seeds, sows 14' or 8 poles).
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Variety does especially well when started in, or grown in, a greenhouse environment.
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