In general, pole varieties will produce a harvestable crop for considerably longer than bush beans. If you're looking for a bumper crop over an extended period, pole beans could be your best bet.

They produced right up until frost — a total of 256 1/2 green pole beans. This garden took only a small area, 12 by 6 inches on the ground. The author lives in Falmouth.

Bush beans tend to mature a little quicker (50-60 days) than pole beans (65-75 days). However, pole beans keep producing as you pick them, whereas bush beans produce most of their fruit at the ...

Q. My pole beans all germinated and started growing nicely, but I noticed that the leaves are wrinkled and weird-looking. They are still growing, but they are not as lush as my other pole beans ...