I think Provider is an excellent choice, although I would probably do pole beans if container growing.
I use long beans in the heat of summer. They are excellent and very heat tolerant.

[QUOTE=Father'sDaughter;421856]So I did follow through and added Provider seeds to one of my orders when buying seeds for this years garden. I direct seeded them on May 31st and just picked the first handful yesterday. Much, much earlier than whatever variety I tried to grow last year! In a few days I should have enough to add them as a side dish with dinner. Can't wait to try them.

The White Seeded Super Marconi pole beans have put out their first few baby beans as well, but not much other than leafing and vining going on with the Chinese Red Noodle beans so far.[/QUOTE]

Long beans typically need hot,hot weather. And the red noodle is a slower maturing long bean.

I grew pole beans for the first time this year. I grew three types, all are decent but for sheer volume Fortex was unreal. Here is a two day harvest of all three I grew.
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For a couple weeks they were so many I gave gallons away. I pickled some too! Excellent!
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I used this recipe
[URL]http://www.yumsugar.com/Spicy-Pickled-Green-Beans-26204484[/URL]

Thanks for the recipe, I'm going to try it soon. Have lots of Fortex and hot peppers to use up.

[QUOTE=ddsack;429566]Thanks for the recipe, I'm going to try it soon. Have lots of Fortex and hot peppers to use up.[/QUOTE]

The recipe gives a good pickle flavor, you can control the heat by the amount of cayenne. I used my own hot pepper powder. I also threw in pickling spices.
Oh, and I don't boil the beans, this will only make them soft, I put them directly in sterile jars. They remain crunchy!