Description

Add a burst of sunshine to your garden with 'Gold Rush' bush beans. This frost-sensitive annual produces abundant 5″–6″ long, vibrant yellow pods that are easy to spot and harvest. Enjoy them as tender, young filet beans or allow them to mature into full-flavored wax beans. Perfect for steaming, pickling, or fresh eating, 'Gold Rush' is also disease resistant and grows well in containers. With a compact habit of 16″ tall and 22″ wide, it’s a versatile addition to any garden.

This packet sows up to 26 feet. 80 seeds.

Variety Info:

Days to Maturity: 50–55 days
Family: Fabaceae
Native: Mexico and South America
Hardiness: Frost-sensitive annual
Plant Dimensions: 16″ tall, 20″ wide
Variety Information: Slender, 5 ½”–6″ yellow pods borne in clusters around main stem. 'Gold Rush' is regarded as one of the best wax beans available. It holds its quality and texture in the garden longer than other beans and freezes well. The strong plants bear large crops of white-seeded pods that are easy to harvest. Resistant to bean common mosaic virus, NY15, and curly top virus.
Type: Snap bean
Attributes: Disease Resistant, Good for Containers

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.