Days To Maturity
55
Mature Height
9 Feet
Sun / Shade
Full Sun
Seychelles Garden Bean Seeds
Seychelles Garden Bean Seeds
Multiple harvests on a climber
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Description / Seychelles Garden Bean Seeds
Days to Maturity: 55 from direct sow
All-America Selections (AAS) Winner 2017
Pole Bean
If there is a more versatile pole bean on the market today, we'd like to see it. Seychelles has it all, from multiple crops of delicious beans to a vining, climbing habit that can reach many feet tall but still be contained within a large flowerpot or tub on the deck. And did we mention that it's resistant to common bean mosaic virus and matures earlier than just about any other pole bean?
Bred by Dutch plantsmen, Seychelles earned an All-America Selections (AAS) Award for its many merits. First, the dark green pods are stringless, which makes harvesting and cleaning them so much easier. Second, they are straight, enabling you to can them more easily and compactly. Third, they are delicious, with a rich "beany" flavor you just don't find from supermarket varieties. Forth, the habit is climbing, yet so compact you can grow the plant in a large container.
Harvest these pods at about 5 to 6 inches long. They will get a bit bigger if you let them, but they are at their tender best at this size. Besides, they finish in just 55 days, so you'll have the first beans on the block. And keep feeding and watering Seychelles after that first harvest to encourage a second (and possibly third and fourth) crop even sooner.
Many gardeners prefer pole beans for their distinctively strong flavor. Because they use vertical space, they free up the horizontal rows in the vegetable garden for other varieties while bearing abundant harvests. They're easier than bush beans to harvest as well.
Direct sow the seeds after all danger of frost, and for longest harvest, keep sowing at 3-week intervals until late spring. For fall crops, begin in late summer and continue until a month or so before first frost date. Support the vines on a trellis, tower, or poles spaced 3 feet apart.
And this season, consider growing a Three Sisters combination planting of beans, corn, and squash. This Native American planting uses the three plants to help one another grow and fruit their best: the corn provides a "pole" for the bean to climb, while the squash offers groundcover protection for the corn and bean roots. Seychelles is a great Three Sisters plant.
Product Details
| SKU | 52403 |
|---|---|
| Genus | Phaseolus |
| Species | vulgaris |
| Variety | Seychelles |
| Product Classification | Annuals, Seeds, Vegetables |
| Sun / Shade | Full Sun |
| Foliage Color | Dark Green |
| Habit | Vining |
| Days To Maturity | 55.00 |
| Harvest Season | Early Fall, Early Summer, Late Summer, Mid Summer |
| Resistance | Common Bean Mosaic, Disease Resistant, Heat Tolerant, Humidity Tolerant |
| Characteristics | Award Winner, Direct Sow, Easy Care Plants, Edible, Soil Builder, Trellises |
| Uses | Beds, Containers, Cuisine, Outdoor, Vines and Climbers |
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Nice Variety 0 people found this helpfulGrew these for the first time in 2023. Did very well. Good taste and freezes well. Growing this variety again in 2024.
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The best pole beans! 0 people found this helpfulThese beans were never ending. I was still harvesting in zone 6a in October.. very tasty, and stringless! This is my forever go to pole beans!
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The best pole beans! 0 people found this helpfulThese beans were never ending. I was still harvesting in zone 6a in October.. very tasty, and stringless! This is my forever go to pole beans!
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Seychelles 1 people found this helpfulI had seeds from some other vendor from an order for 2019. I have two cotton nets on the south side of my house in Becket, MA. I planted late but these beans are still coming on Sept.27,2022! They have out grown the nets...some I need a ladder to pick the ones at the top. They have been so prolific I can't believe it! I read that they weren't great raw but my daughter and I tried a couple young ones and they were great. It seems that every 4-5 days there were a couple of pounds of them. We used many fresh and froze some for that great garden taste in the height of winter. Hopefully I'll have a few more pounds before they "give up the ghost"!
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Great tasting! 1 people found this helpfulI planted these green beans a couple of months ago in my raised garden bed. I was hoping they would do well and taste good. I'm so happy to say they were the best tasting green beans I've ever had and so tender! I'm looking forward to my second picking!
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so far so good 0 people found this helpfulThese seeds are doing better then any of the other seeds I ordered. Which isn't too surprising since ... you know... they are pole beans.. the easiest thing to grow. 2-1/2 weeks and the seedlings are 3 inches tall.
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Best tasting 1 people found this helpfulI planted these a few years ago and was overwhelmed with the bounty of beans. Every day came yet another batch to pick and that went on until the first frost. These beans have a great taste without the , what I detect, chalkiness I find in other beans. I can’t wait to plant them again but will be more diligent in doing successive planting to balance the harvesting .
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Keeps on giving! 1 people found this helpfulMy favorite pole bean! This smooth, elegant, and tender bean is full of flavor eaten fresh and also freezes well. We had multiple harvests into October in zone five.
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Best beans ever 0 people found this helpfulThese are the most delicious beans I've ever planted. They are completely tender and stringless, growing vigorously up the poles. Seychelles are my new go-to pole bean.
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Seychelles - New Favorite Bean 0 people found this helpfulSeychelles Pole Bean is my new favorite bean for my North Florida garden. This climber takes up little space and produces many pickings of long, straight and delicious beans. It is very easy to grow on my A Frame trellis. After picking beans for close to a month, there is no sign of spotty leaves or weakness in the plant. Beans are easy to pick and keep well in the refrigerator for a week plus. Its a heavy producer and I have plenty to share.
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Seychelles Pole Beans 0 people found this helpfulLast summer was the first time I tried this particular pole bean. My previous experiences with pole beans was that they went to seed to quickly with a short window of time to get nice green beans. With Seychelles beans, I harvested nearly all summer. I just kept picking and picking. They are now my new "go to" beans for fresh, plump, green beans. They have lovely texture and are so easy to harvest on my climbing fence.
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Best I've ever grown 0 people found this helpfulI've been gardening for over 50 years and these are the best beans I've ever grown. The plants are vigorous bean stalks that exceed 8' easily. This year I've planted 4 rows at intervals and expect to have delicious fresh beans until first frost. Every other day I harvest and distribute these gems to family and friends. I provided an 8' trellis for one row, as a trial and these plants topped it readily. If you have the room for pole beans, give these a try. These are fantastic, delicious beans!
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Great tasting 1 people found this helpfulI grew these in 2018 and had good success. Plants grew well and produced lots of beans. I planted 2 crops of them and both did well except the second one seemed to be a magnet for bean beetles. Good producers and beans were tender and tasted good. Will plant again this year.
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Best Pole Bean ever 1 people found this helpfulThis was my first year growing this particular pole bean and it was by far the best, longest producing bean I have ever grown. The plants were huge far out growing my 8 foot supports and had no problems with any of the common bean "blights" that I have on occasion experienced in the past. Great texture and great flavor. I have been a gardener for 45 years and this is by far the best bean I have ever grown.
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