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Old March 4, 2016   #1
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Default Provider bush beans - any competition?

I've been growing Provider for a few years. Maybe it's time for some variation. Can anyone recommend a bush bean that rivals it for taste and Production?

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I have been using Jade which is a good producer and has excellent flavor.
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Before I decided to go back to pole beans I grew Contender. It was always a good producer. The only reason I switched to Kentucky Wonder pole bean was it was hard on my back to bend over to harvest. I really like to pick beans standing up straight.
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I've grown dozens and Provider wins every time for an early, long-lasting & productive, sturdy, disease-resistant, delicious bush bean. Emerite is our pole bean favorite. I'm finished trialing beans.
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That's good to know, Kath. I've grown Provider for years and they have always performed well and been very tasty, so why would I want to try anything else?

I've tried different varieties of pole beans though. I was happy enough with Purple Peacock until I tried some others.....

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never have grown those. We grow Top Crop every year. Non-stop production, good flavor, huge beans, wonderful for canning, and excellent seller.
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I've never grown them. I've grown Tendergreen or Maxibel the last four years or so. Maxibel is a french bean that is very slender and tasty. It's my favorite.
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I've grown dozens and Provider wins every time for an early, long-lasting & productive, sturdy, disease-resistant, delicious bush bean. Emerite is our pole bean favorite. I'm finished trialing beans.
Kath, from what you and Linda write, I guess I was lucky. I started planting Provider by happenstance. It sounds like you guys have done enough trialing. So provider will still be my main bean. I may try a couple of plants of some other variety, if it sounds really good, but I've also been happy with Provider.

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I'm sticking with them as well instead of going exploring. Provider provides enough beans from a small number of plants for my husband and I to have tasty green beans a few times a week. Garden space is limited and their high yield makes them a perfect choice for me.
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I've been growing Top Crop bush and Blue Lake pole beans.
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We have gown Tenderette & Kentucky Wonder bush beans for years.
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Do bush beans or Provider (since there seems to be such a following here) give out after a couple of weeks of production?
I remember watching MHGardener and his favorite was a variety called Strike
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cYhK6gzr54
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Provider yields here from about 6/18 to about 7/7. I plant them as early as I can so we have some beans asap, as the pole beans are a week or 2 behind. If you sowed them in succession, 2-3 weeks apart, you'd have a continuous supply. The pole beans spoil you because you can pick most of them standing up straight and they produce until frost from one planting of just a couple seeds.
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Do bush beans or Provider (since there seems to be such a following here) give out after a couple of weeks of production?
I remember watching MHGardener and his favorite was a variety called Strike
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cYhK6gzr54
With provider I do as Kath writes: Three plantings two weeks apart. That way I have them until the first frost.

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Provider yields here from about 6/18 to about 7/7. I plant them as early as I can so we have some beans asap, as the pole beans are a week or 2 behind. If you sowed them in succession, 2-3 weeks apart, you'd have a continuous supply. The pole beans spoil you because you can pick most of them standing up straight and they produce until frost from one planting of just a couple seeds.
This is what I do with my beans too. Bush beans planted first and a little early, followed by planting pole beans, then a new sowing of bush beans every 2-3 weeks.
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