[JRochelle]

I have never planted pole beans. Do they taste the same as regular green beans?

[JustaDumbBlonde]

Stringbeans or green beans are available in two growing varieties -- bush or pole. There is no difference in taste between the two, except that there may be pole varieties that your taste prefers over a bush variety.

I always plant Contender, which is a very early bush bean. With adequate water, they make bountiful harvests of tender, non-stringy beans. If I were growing a variety that made a vine and needed staking, I would grow them on a trellis (cattle panel) like I do my cucumbers.

[painter]

I have never planted pole beans. Do they taste the same as regular green beans?

Yup,they do. Thats all I plant. It might take extra work,putting up the fence. But in the end when they are ready to pick you can stand up and pick verses crawling around on your hands and knees to pick them.

This year I planted nothing but Chinese Mozaic long beans. They are a pinkish red bean that grow from 12 to 18 inches long. I think they taste better than Blue Lake pole beans. When they get going I'll post pictures of them here.

[MichaelP]

They taste the same. I grow them because it takes up less room and is easier on the back to pick;)