Snap Bean (String (Phaseolus vulgaris 'Black Seeded Blue Lake') in the Beans Database - Garden.org

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Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb Vine
Life cycle:	Annual
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun
Water Preferences:	Mesic
Uses:	Vegetable
Edible Parts:	Fruit
Dynamic Accumulator:	Nitrogen fixer
Wildlife Attractant:	Bees
Propagation: Seeds:	Self fertile Sow in situ
Pollinators:	Bees

Common names

Snap Bean (String
Green or French Bean)
Common Bean

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Location: Long Island, NY
Date: 2013-07-14

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Location: Long Island, NY
Date: 2013-09-02

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Location: Long Island, NY
Date: 2017-08-03

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Location: Long Island, NY
Date: 2016-07-29

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Location: Long Island, NY
Date: 2013-09-02

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Posted by Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Sep 2, 2013 2:21 PM concerning plant:

Black Seeded Blue Lake is a pole variety. Difficult to find the seeds for this variation rather than the standard Blue Lake beans. I have grown Blue Lake for years but this is my first year trying the Black Seeded Blue Lake. I feel it has a richer bean taste.

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I grow this one by Dinu	Feb 28, 2014 11:37 AM	0

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