15 seeds sounds lik e a lot to me. You can harvest green and let some to mature. If each vine produces 20 pods and each pod has 5 seeds, that will add up to 1500 seeds if let to mature...even half of that, 750 seeds, can cover a lot of ground.

I've currently got 710 seeds with a few more on their way to me. Probably 800 seeds overall of pole, lima, and bush beans. I've got no lack of corn to grow them up but I worry that the strong pole beans will pull the corn down. I'm using mostly field types to grow things up and then I have 2 59' rows- one of those rows will be Logan Giant beans and I'm trying to convince my parents to let me take the other row for the rest of my pole beans. I really want to save lots of seeds so I can share them next season with people in my area who aren't very educated about growing heirlooms.

Abby

Bush Pole Trellis
Bush Pole Trellis
Bush Pole Trellis
Bush Pole Trellis

Is this what you are talking about Abby?

It will work, as long as you are sure that bush beans really have a bush habit. I planted some Perona bush beans a few months ago and was dismayed to discover that they are more of a runner/half runner bean. No worries, it was all good in the end ; )

Good Luck with the enabling Abby!

It looks like I might not need to interplant the poles and bushes together, so that's good. I may try a small area just to see how they do.
I did some research on the bush varieties I have and it says they all display bush habits, most not getting any bigger than 16". I hope they all come true to type.

Abby

Abby,

I've put bush beans next to pole beans a few times. The bush beans need to be south of the pole beans, so they don't get shaded. A foot away, if you have the space. And, if you're growing two fairly close together rows of pole beans, a row of bush beans between the two pole beans, south of one but north of the other, probably won't work.

Gary

I agree with tormato, think that if you have east/west trellis for pole beans you might get away with putting a few bush beans at their base on the south side, however, try having beans with a different color so you can tell if they cross. Or you could put your bush beans south of other plants that they won't cross with like tomatos, or along a walkway, maybe with lots of cardboard or mulch at the base to suppress grass, or maybe try your bush beans in containers.

Everything I grow (besides a few tomatoes) are heirloom or OP. I like things I can save seeds from so I don't have to keep buying them.
I'm not sure which way my bean fencing is facing... I just try to fit everything in wherever it will go.

Abby