- Contender Bush Bean seeds start producing a week ahead of most bean varieties making them great for areas with shorter growing seasons, they also tolerate mosaic virus, greasy pod and heat.
55 days. Contender bush beans. Phaseolus vulgaris. Annual. Non-GMO. Mature faster than most others and can be harvested as early as fifty days after planting seeds, making them excellent for environments with a late final frost date. They are a bush variety seed, so they don't need support to grow upright. Plants produce harvests each year in the summer. Contender Bush Bean seeds start producing a week ahead of most bean varieties. Each plant produces 6- 8" garden green bean seed pods. They tolerate mosaic virus, greasy pod and heat. ~57 seeds/ounce.