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About Purple-Podded Pole

67–70 days. Purple pods are easy to spot while picking and then turn light green when blanched or cooked. Young pods are great eaten fresh, too. Vines produce a heavy, continuous crop of stringless 5–7" pods with round beans. Heirloom also known as Purple Peacock.

About Beans

Best planted once the soil has warmed. See also Bean, Yard-Long and Runner Beans in Climbing Plants.

Pot Size & Price
seed packets
$3.50
Sunlight Exposure
Full Sun
Catalog
V010
Plant Traits
Cold Sensitive
Culinary

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Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds

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Catalog
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Catalog
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Catalog
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