Light
Full sun in an open position.
Learn how to care for your green friend
Blue Lake Bean
Phaseolus vulgaris · Blue Lake Bean
Vegetables · Planned variety
Meet your green friend.
Blue Lake is a climbing bean with smooth long green pods.
A space where it can thrive
Grow as a cultivated garden crop in a bed or suitably sized container. The illustrated nursery pot is a presentation, not a recommendation for the mature plant’s root space.
Ask about availabilityAvailability, size, pot and price will be confirmed in store. Pictures illustrate the plant type.
Studio illustration. Appearance varies with age, variety and growing conditions.
Your care routine
Watering
Water evenly, especially while flowering and forming pods. Avoid continually wet, cold soil.
Soil & drainage
Warm, well-drained soil with moderate fertility; excess nitrogen encourages leaves over pods.
Fertilizer
Avoid excess nitrogen: it encourages leafy growth rather than a good pod crop. Use a moderately fertile, drained bed.
Temperature
Frost-tender crop: start with warmth and move outside only after cold weather has passed.
Planting
Direct sow after frost into warm soil and install a tall pole or trellis for these climbing beans.
Harvest
Pick tender pods frequently before the seeds become large and tough.
Through the seasons
Keep harvesting to encourage more pods. Cold, wet sowing conditions can rot seed; wait for warmth or resow.
When your plant needs help
- Give it a tall pole or trellis and keep picking tender pods around 15–18 cm for continuing production.
Pets & little ones
This guide covers a cultivated garden crop. Confirm the identity and the edible part before harvesting; wash produce and keep unverified plants away from children and pets.
Grow with your neighbourhood store.
Independent, family-owned and right here in Uptown New Westminster. Browse before your visit and keep this guide handy at home.
Visit The Golden BazaarCare references
Guidance is a starting point. Adjust watering to your plant, pot, light and season; follow fertilizer labels and check outdoor cultivar hardiness.