For a tender green bean that tastes great even when quite large, plant the old standby, Tenderette. It also freezes very well. These are both lush beans. Pole beans can be grown on saplings lashed to teepees, or inter planted with corn for living trellises. This type of bean is easier to harvest,and is attractive in the garden.
Few seedlings can match beans for the sheer power to enter the above-ground world.
Thin plants, leaving the most vigorous ones standing 8-10 inches apart. Early planting may be troubled by Mexican bean Beetles. This copper colored spotted adults and their soft bodied, bright yellow larvae can easily be controlled by hand picking, so long as you never procrastinate picking them off or shaking them into the bag. The danger of beetle infestation is much reduced when planting is done after the Summer Solstice June 21. Like all garden plants, beans need adequate water at flowering at flowering time to produce their best crop.