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Provider Bush Bean Seeds

Provider Bush Bean Seeds

Regular price $6.49
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~50.0 g (~120 seeds)
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Your neighbors will love all your extra beans! 'Provider' is a high-yielding and early producing bean with great disease resistance to bean common mosaic virus (NY15), pod mottle virus, and mildew. These stringless, straight beans germinate in cooler soils than other beans, allowing for earlier sowing. One of the best for freezing and canning. Delicious fresh bean flavor from this 1965 cultivar.

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Variety Info

Days to Maturity: 50 days

Family: Fabaceae

Type: Snap Bean, Bush Bean (Learn More)

Native: Mexico and South America

Hardiness: Frost-sensitive annual

Exposure: Full sun

Plant Dimensions: 16"–18" tall, wide

Variety Info: 5"–8" long, rounded, straight pods. Disease resistant to bean common mosaic virus (NY15), pod mottle virus, and powdery and downy mildew.

Attributes: Heat Tolerant, Bean Mosaic Virus Resistant, Powdery Mildew Resistant, Frost Sensitive

Sowing Info

When to Sow Outside: RECOMMENDED. 1 to 2 weeks after your average last frost date, and when soil temperature is at least 65°F, ideally 70°–85°F. Successive Sowings: Every 7 to 14 days up to 80 days before your average first fall frost date. NOTE: In very hot summer areas, skip sowing as high heat approaches; temperatures consistently above 90°F will prevent beans from forming.

When to Start Inside: Not recommended; bean seedlings are sensitive to root disturbance.

Days to Emerge: 6–12 days

Seed Depth: 1"

Seed Spacing: 1 seed every 4"

Row Spacing: 24"

Thinning: Not required

Growing Info

Harvesting: Snap beans are ready to pick when the pod "snaps" or breaks in half cleanly. This is when the seeds have just begun to form and the pods are several inches long (depending on the variety). Hold the stem with one hand, and the pod with the other hand to avoid pulling off branches, which will continue to produce. At season's end, plants are great compost material if they are disease-free.

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Based on 19 reviews
Total 5 star reviews: 15 Total 4 star reviews: 1 Total 3 star reviews: 1 Total 2 star reviews: 1 Total 1 star reviews: 1
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  • Alana J.
    Verified Buyer
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Jun 27, 2023
    5 Stars

    2/2 on germination! Really great growth despite less than ideal conditions, can’t wait to harvest these in a few months!

  • Cassie H.
    Verified Buyer
    Rated 4 out of 5 stars
    Oct 23, 2024
    4 Stars

    All plants germinated, a few died but overall grew many healthy plants. It was my first time growing provider beans and while I expect more product I was still pleased with the germination rate.

    Which best describes you as a gardener? Intermediate
  • Cathy B.
    Verified Buyer
    Rated 1 out of 5 stars
    Sep 7, 2024
    1 Star

    I planted Botanical Interests Provider Bush beans 2x this year, each time only about 5-8% of the seeds germinated. Each time I also planted another variety of beans at the same time, and got 95%+ germination of the other bean, even some older seeds, planted in the same garden bed. The lot of Provider Bush beans clearly had a problem. I have grown Provider Bush beans before, from another vendor, and they were fantastically prolific. I was very disappointed in this bunch of seeds from BI.

    Which best describes you as a gardener? Expert
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    Epic Gardening
    Sep 9, 2024

    Hey Cathy,

    Thank you so much for taking the time to share your thoughts in a review. I've reached out to you via email to offer assistance. Your feedback is invaluable to us, and we are committed to ensuring your experience is positive. Thank you once again for your input. Keep on growing 🌻️

  • Karen K.
    Verified Buyer
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Jun 23, 2024
    5 Stars

    I love Provider green beans! They are easy to grow, and I like the fact that more seem to ripen at the same time than other varieties. Now that I've found Provider, they will be in my regular garden rotation.

    Which best describes you as a gardener? Intermediate
  • Kim M.
    Rated 2 out of 5 stars
    May 29, 2024
    2 Stars

    These beans have a very delayed germination compared with 3 other colors/varieties of bush beans. I sowed these along with three others at the same time and all the rest sprouted like champs but these had spotty and little to no germination. Haven’t had a chance to try them but they are so slow. For how expensive they are I’m very disappointed. I had also attempted to grow some indoors over winter and noted the same issue of sow germination to no germination. Going to have to buy different green bush beans.

    Which best describes you as a gardener? Intermediate
    EG Profile picture for Epic Gardening
    Epic Gardening
    May 29, 2024

    Hey Kim,

    I sincerely appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts in a review. I've reached out to you via email to offer assistance and address any concerns you may have. Your feedback is invaluable to us, and we are committed to ensuring your experience is positive. Thank you once again for your input. Keep on growing 🌻️