'Fortex' is a great eating pole bean, and is different while still being very much a classic style snap green bean on the dinner table. E...Read Morexcellent quality picked thin or grown out a full 9-11 inches.
Have not yet have them be consistently productive during the summer in Ohio, and production can be wimpy but they do seem to produce decent when summer cools off at the end of the season. The plump long pods do make up for lack of quantity by being large in size and quality.
Westbrook, CT (Zone 6a) | December 2016 | positive
Stringless pole bean with good taste both when picked young or allowed to grow past 9" long. Kept producing over a long season. This ye...Read Morear a growing tree started shading my usual bean area and the production went down. May have to lose the tree or move the bean trellis.
This bean has been a big disappointment. Early in the summer the plants grew vigorous vines but when the heat kicked in, production never...Read More happened. Japanese beetles also love this plant. Despite regular applications of Seven the beetles devoured them and what was left suffered from rust for the rest of the season. Doesn't even do well in the greenhouse. Zone 5b.
*Germinates well in relatively cool soil
*Climbs great on a twine support
*Huge production, like nothing I've ever seen ...Read More/>
*Not stringy or tough, even when quite large
*Great for pickles, freezes well - don't become too soft
*Flavour is good but not exceptional, so I always grow another kind of bean for summer eating, too
I loved this bean. So far it is the best pole bean I have grown. It is tender and flavorful despite wet cool summer, did even better when...Read More it warmed up in early fall. Kept it picked and produced more. Good frozen. I loved eating them off the vine. M new favorite variety.
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One of the longest pole beans at 11", Fortex has dark green pods that a...Read Morere stringless and remain tender even after the seeds have formed. They can be picked at 6 or 7" for extra slender 'filet' beans.
Seeds are brown in color.
'Fortex' is a great eating pole bean, and is different while still being very much a classic style snap green bean on the dinner table. E...Read More
Stringless pole bean with good taste both when picked young or allowed to grow past 9" long. Kept producing over a long season. This ye...Read More
Vigorous, extremely productive, large pods that taste good even near the shelling stage.
This bean has been a big disappointment. Early in the summer the plants grew vigorous vines but when the heat kicked in, production never...Read More
*Germinates well in relatively cool soil
*Climbs great on a twine support
*Huge production, like nothing I've ever seen
...Read More
I loved this bean. So far it is the best pole bean I have grown. It is tender and flavorful despite wet cool summer, did even better when...Read More
Good tasting and prolific....does well in the deep south; I love filet beans best of all the green beans.
Did very poorly for me here this year, compared to 4 other varieties grown; weak thin vines with few beans and lots of bugs.
Information only, I have not grown this plant yet.
One of the longest pole beans at 11", Fortex has dark green pods that a...Read More
A 60 day pole bean.