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I'm trying to find a good pole bean, either snap or dry, that would produce a tasty bean and provide a nice barrier from the hot sun. I live on the Eastside of Washington State, just moved from the Westside where the weather is very different. Westside-cool and moist, Eastside-hot and dry. Like 100+ degrees often times for a month or longer. We get an average rainfall of 6 inches py. Bush beans seem to do better over here, last year I planted pole snap beans and they got very woody very fast. I think that was because of the heat, but even in the fall when it cooled down they still became woody before they even got longer then 3 inches. I planted blue lakes. So I'm looking for a pole variety that might do well in this dry heat. Wondering if any you would have some suggestions. I want to plant them in front of our back porch to help keep the eastside of our home a bit cooler. It would be nice to get a crop of bean this year. I would prefere snap beans but would be open to trying pole dry ones as well if no snap ones would fit the bill.
Thanks for any help you could give me.
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