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zendog · July 12, 2019

I'm growing some Benchmaster runner beans this year, hoping to put a few in the county fair if they produce in our summer heat in Virginia. I have noticed they are much slower growing than the common pole beans I've planted which surprised me since they started out strong. Is this maybe due to the heat and the fact I got them started a bit late?

I planted common beans (Rattlesnake and some greasy bean types) sometime in June and they have already topped my seven foot trellis and are setting beans, but the benchmasters are only a few feet up the poles I'm growing them on.

July 12, 2019	#80
zendog Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: VA-7a Posts: 121	I'm growing some Benchmaster runner beans this year, hoping to put a few in the county fair if they produce in our summer heat in Virginia. I have noticed they are much slower growing than the common pole beans I've planted which surprised me since they started out strong. Is this maybe due to the heat and the fact I got them started a bit late? I planted common beans (Rattlesnake and some greasy bean types) sometime in June and they have already topped my seven foot trellis and are setting beans, but the benchmasters are only a few feet up the poles I'm growing them on.