Growing Zones 3 to 9
Page Number 5
Planting Season Spring
Fertilizer Type 10-10-10
Light Requirements Full Sun
Fragrant n
Edible Parts Pods at 60 days
Foliage Color Green
Maturity 60
Spacing 4 in to 6 in
Hybrid / Open Pollinated: Open Pollinated
Common Name Bean, Pole, 1,500 Year Old Cave 

Bean, Pole, 1,500 Year Old Cave 

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Southwestern or Western U.S. indigenous bean. Stories say the seeds were found sealed inside a clay pot in a cave in NM, and that carbon dating showed them to be 1500 years old. Attractive beans are white and red mottled, and the size and shape of a large kidney bean. Green pods can be used fresh when small though usually used as a dry bean. Plants have a pole habit, climbing up to 10 ft.


Growing Zone: 3 to 9

Light Requirements: Full Sun

Own Root

State Restrictions

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Growing Zones 3 to 9
Page Number 5
Planting Season Spring
Fertilizer Type 10-10-10
Light Requirements Full Sun
Fragrant n
Edible Parts Pods at 60 days
Foliage Color Green
Maturity 60
Spacing 4 in to 6 in
Hybrid / Open Pollinated: Open Pollinated
Common Name Bean, Pole, 1,500 Year Old Cave