General Plant Information (Edit)
| Plant Habit: |
Herb/Forb
Vine
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| Life cycle: |
Annual
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| Sun Requirements: |
Full Sun
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| Water Preferences: |
Mesic
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| Plant Height: |
up to 10 feet |
| Uses: |
Vegetable
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| Edible Parts: |
Fruit
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| Dynamic Accumulator: |
Nitrogen fixer
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| Wildlife Attractant: |
Bees
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| Resistances: |
Drought tolerant
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| Propagation: Seeds: |
Self fertile
Depth to plant seed: 1 inch
Sow in situ
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| Pollinators: |
Bees
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Victory Seed Company sells seeds of 'Rattlesnake'.
- Bean
- Common Bean
- Snap Bean
- French Bean
- String Bean
- Green Bean
Posted by
vbprog (Chippewa, PA - Zone 6a) on Oct 29, 2014 7:33 PM concerning plant:
Rattlesnake is an open pollinated bean. You can save some seeds at the end of the season and grow them again next year. I've been growing this bean for over 10 years now. Let a couple of dozen pods get really big on the vine, dry them out, extract the beans, and store them for next season.
And, wow, does this produce! Plus, the more you pick, the more you get.
The beans have a purple striping on them for great garden interest that disappears when cooked. We are freezing a bunch every year, giving a ton away, letting neighbors pick some, and overall really enjoying this variety.
Posted by
sallyg (central Maryland - Zone 7b) on Aug 28, 2020 5:24 PM concerning plant:
I am growing these for the first time. Fast growing vines and fast growing big beans. There are strings to remove when cooking but it was easy to do and I did not have strings in my cooked beans. Even quite big beans with well developed seeds cooked up tender. Good flavor. Do keep an eye out for side shoots down low, later, making more beans- I had missed those and that's how I ended up cooking a big handful of older beans today. Do NOT let them grow up a sunflower as I did, it makes it hard to find the beans.
Plant Events from our members
| vbprog |
On May 5, 2015 |
Seeds sown
Back side of built trellis |
| p1mkw |
On May 25, 2015 |
Harvested
No purple stripes on them, but maybe I picked them too soon ... young and tender beans with only a few strings. |
| p1mkw |
On April 6, 2015 |
Plant emerged |
| p1mkw |
On April 3, 2015 |
Seeds sown |
| lovesblooms |
On June 17, 2015 |
Bloomed |
| lovesblooms |
On May 12, 2015 |
Seeds germinated |
| lovesblooms |
On May 6, 2015 |
Seeds sown
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