20 Mohawk Pole Bean seeds, USDA Organic, Ore.
70 days. (Pioneer Pole Bean, Ram’s Head Bean, Kahnawake Mohawk Bean)
This annual climbing dry bean is an heirloom Iroquois bean that dates back many centuries. This type is a most productive pole bean, with flat pods five inches long that quickly plump up and vines that fill up with beans.
These are a pinto type bean, which are best dried and cooked up for chili or for tacos, beans and rice, beans and corn, etc. They store indefinitely in Mason jars.
Plant prefers full sun, rich soil, and a trellis or corn stalks to climb upon.
In the spring, after the soil has warmed up, plant seeds one inch deep and six inches apart or in hills with seven seeds to a hill. Harvest seeds in the autumn, when the pods become crinkly-dry and beige in color.
A packet contains 20 seeds. sms