Product Reviews

Pole Bean Kentucky Blue - 1 Pkt. (2 oz.)

"Pole beans yield much longer than bush beans, right up to frost. Plant 4-6"" apart at the base of poles, trellis, a fence or our Bean Tower. 2 oz. of seed per pack, enough for 20' of row or 10-16 poles, 1 lb. (16 oz.) for 80-128 poles or 160'.

Kentucky Blue. 65 days. All-America Winner. Combines the excellence of the all-time greatest pole beans, Kentucky Wonder and Blue Lake. You get big crops of sweet and always stringless pods, straight and 7"" long. A heavy yielder for many weeks. Sun."

Average Customer Rating:

2.6 out of 5

2 of 5 (40%) customers would recommend this product to a friend.

Customer Reviews for Pole Bean Kentucky Blue - 1 Pkt. (2 oz.)

1 out of 5 (Overall Rating)

Top 100 Contributor

poor quality, September 15, 2008
Submitted by markh from Ohio

"I have read the other reviews and wonder if I was shipped the wrong seed. My beans grew great. The plants were strong and produced well. The problem was that the beans were horribly stringy. I harvested them early to see if this would help but it did not. These beans are NOT stringless as advertised. My family would not eat them due to the tough strings on the beans. I will not order these again."

Reviewer Information

Would recommend: No
Type of gardening: Large Garden
Gardening skill: Moderately skilled
State of residence: OH
Types of plants: Vegetables
Gardening experience: 1-5 years

Review 2 for Pole Bean Kentucky Blue - 1 Pkt. (2 oz.)

1 out of 5 (Overall Rating)

MAYBE NEXT YEAR, August 19, 2007
Submitted by JACKANDNOBEANSTALKS from LANCASTER

"I always use burpee seeds for all my vegetables. Always have excellence results. However, This year my kentucky blue seeds did not produce. I purchased a 2 oz. packet only to have 5 or 6 plants to grow a few inches. " I will try again next year "
Now on the other hand, With the same purchase, I planted kentucky wonder. These plants emerged fast and are very strong productive plants. I think the kentucky wonder should be giving the " ALL-AMERICA AWARD ".
I grow my peas and beans in raised gardens on netting. This year my kentucky wonder plants tower well above my 7' netting.
" THERE YOU HAVE IT FROM JACK AND NO BLUE BEAN STALKS ""

Reviewer Information

Would recommend: No
Type of gardening: Small Garden
Gardening skill: Moderately skilled
State of residence: PA
Types of plants: Vegetables
Gardening experience: 5-10 years

Review 3 for Pole Bean Kentucky Blue - 1 Pkt. (2 oz.)

5 out of 5 (Overall Rating)

Large Yield, March 24, 2007
Submitted by JillyBean

Plant performance:		5 out of 5
Taste:		5 out of 5
Yield:		5 out of 5

"I grow these on a 6 foot chain link fence, and they produce like crazy for weeks and weeks. I have to pick them every 2-3 days just to keep up! I have had to do minimal maintenance, just watering during dry spells.
A lotta bang for the buck, in my opinion."

Reviewer Information

Would recommend: Yes

Review 4 for Pole Bean Kentucky Blue - 1 Pkt. (2 oz.)

5 out of 5 (Overall Rating)

Top 50 Contributor

WOW... best line up lots of bean loving friends., July 27, 2006
Submitted by Brian from Centerburg OH (zone 5)

Plant performance:		5 out of 5
Taste:		5 out of 5
Yield:		5 out of 5

"I've always grown pole beans of some sort, the last few years purple king or peacock.
This year after readig about KY Blue I decided to try it and oh my gosh !

My soil is average or worse, I use a drip irrigation system and little balanced fertilizer nothing special and these things are going insane.

I've got about 25' of chicken wire 2 rows high (7' or so above the ground) and these vines have already reached the top and I have several feet hanging over !!! Going to have to do a teepee with twine next year something with at least 10' for the vines to run.

The taste is every bit as good as ky wonder, they are stringless and tender AND the yield is insane.

Two 25' rows back to back on this same fence have been yielding at least 1/3 of a plastic grocery bag every 3 days or so."

9 of 9 people found this review helpful.

Reviewer Information

Would recommend: Yes
Type of gardening: Small Garden
Gardening skill: Moderately skilled
State of residence: OH
Types of plants: Vegetables
Gardening experience: 5-10 years

Review 5 for Pole Bean Kentucky Blue - 1 Pkt. (2 oz.)

1 out of 5 (Overall Rating)

Not impressed, June 29, 2006
Submitted by sm from south east florida

Plant performance:

1 out of 5

"I have purchase my vegetable seeds from the web site for a couple of years now and have never had a problem with anything, except this purchase. My plants never grew more that 2", and never produced anything. I have purchased bush beans in the past with excellent results. I would stick with the bush bean"

Reviewer Information

Would recommend: No
Type of gardening: Large Garden
Gardening skill: Very skilled
State of residence: FL
Types of plants: Vegetables
Gardening experience: 5-10 years