A vigorous producer, 'Antigua' produces 5"–5.5" pods that stay tender and crisp, even as the season warms. Sturdy, upright plants make harvesting easy and helps keep pods clean and uniform. With reliable performance and excellent flavor, Antigua is an ideal choice for fresh eating, preserving, or adding to your favorite summer dishes. Excellent disease package.

• Days to Maturity: 60 days
• Family: Fabaceae
• Native: Mexico and South America
  
• Plant Dimensions: Medium (12" - 24")
  

Sowing Info

• When to Sow Outside: RECOMMENDED. 1 to 2 weeks after your average last frost date, and when soil temperature is at least 65°F, ideally 70°‒85°F. Successive Sowings: Every 7 to 14 days up to 80 days before your average first fall frost date. NOTE: In very hot summer areas, skip sowing as high heat approaches; temperatures consistently above 90°F will prevent beans from forming.
• When to Start Inside: Not recommended; bean seedlings are sensitive to root disturbance.
• Days to Emerge: 6 – 12 Days
• Seed Depth: 1"
• Seed Spacing: 1 seed every 4"
• Row Spacing: 24"
• Thinning: Not required

Growing Info

• Harvesting: Snap beans are ready to pick when the pod “snaps” or breaks in half cleanly. This is when the seeds have just begun to form and the pods are several inches long (depending on the variety). Hold the stem with one hand, and the pod with the other hand to avoid pulling off branches, which will continue to produce. At season’s end, plants are great compost material if they are disease-free.