- You will get 50+ Seeds of Contender Bush Green Bean Vegetable Seeds. - Sunlight: Medium Sun. - Life Cycle: 2 weeks for a constant supply of beans. - Watering: Medium. - Contender Bush Bean Seeds Contact us for bulk orders over 10 LB. - This highly productive, stringless snap bush bean is great fresh from the garden, frozen, or canned. A very early variety, contender beans grow on medium-sized plants with 6 to 8" x 1/2" pods. The beans are medium-green in color and round-oval in shape. The plant is tolerant of hot weather and mildew. - Beans do not like to be transplanted, do not start early indoors. Sow seeds after danger of frost has passed. Soil temperature should be above 48 degrees F. Plant 1? deep in normal soil, and a little deeper for sandier soils. Cover soil to warm if necessary. Plant 2 inches apart. For a harvest that lasts all summer, sow beans every 2 weeks.