Top Notch Golden Wax
Top Notch Golden Wax is a straight, round, smooth pods bean with fruit around 5-6 inches long, round pods. Ready from roughly day 50-55. Germination takes 7-10 days. Space 4-6 inches apart at pH 6.0-7.0. Full sun (6+ hours). It will crop in a container. This one is a hybrid: buy seed each season instead of saving it.
Sowing
Direct sow after soil reaches 60°F and frost danger has passed. Plant 1-1.5 inches deep.
Cultivation
- Sun
- Full sun (6+ hours)
- Water
- 1 inch per week, consistent moisture for best pod development
- Soil
- Well-drained, fertile garden soil
- Soil pH
- 6.0-7.0
- Spacing
- 4-6 inches
- Season
- Warm season
Appearance & flavour
- Colour
- Bright golden-yellow pods
- Size
- 5-6 inches long, round pods
- Shape
- Straight, round, smooth pods
- Flavour
- Tender, mild, and sweet with no strings
In the kitchen
Excellent fresh, steamed, sautéed, in salads, and for freezing or canning. Beautiful in mixed bean dishes.
Pests, disease & resistance
- Pests
- Mexican bean beetle, aphids, leafhoppers
- Diseases
- Bacterial blight, rust, powdery mildew
- Resistance
- Resistant to bean common mosaic virus and white mold
Planting calendar by USDA zone
| Zone | Start indoors | Transplant | Direct sow | Harvest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | — | — | July – August | September – August |
| 2 | — | — | June – August | September |
| 3 | — | — | June – July | August – October |
| 4 | — | — | June – July | August – October |
| 5 | — | — | May – June | August – September |
| 6 | — | — | May – June | July – September |
| 7 | — | — | April – June | July – August |
| 8 | — | — | April – May | June – August |
| 9 | — | — | March – April | May – July |
| 10 | — | — | February – April | May – June |
| 11 | — | — | January – March | April – May |
| 12 | — | — | January – March | April – May |
| 13 | — | — | January – March | April – May |
Companion planting
8 beneficial pairings indexed for this variety, 3 to avoid.
Avoid
Nutrition (per 100 g)
- Protein (g)
- 1.97
- Fat (g)
- 0.275
- Carbohydrate (g)
- 7.41
- Fibre (g)
- 3.01
- Vitamin K (µg)
- 43.9
- Vitamin B6 (mg)
- 0.121
- Calcium (mg)
- 40
- Iron (mg)
- 0.652
- Magnesium (mg)
- 28.2
- Phosphorus (mg)
- 41.2
- Potassium (mg)
- 290
- Zinc (mg)
- 0.35
Where to buy seed and equipment
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Cultivar facts compiled from public horticultural references including USDA GRIN and NC State Extension. Descriptions are original to this catalogue.
Grown Top Notch Golden Wax?
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Similar varieties
Other beans with a comparable time to harvest, so a season that suits Top Notch Golden Wax suits these too.
- Black Valentine Bush Bean 50 days
- Bush Lake Bean 50 days
- Maxibel 50 days
- Gold Rush Bush Bean 50 days
- Burpee's Stringless Green Pod 50 days
- Haricot Vert Cornelia 50 days