Fertilizer for Pole Butterbeans

What fertilizer do I need to grow pole butterbeans? I live in central Alabama. I have trouble with my beans making too many vines.

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#1 Comment By Nikki On 07/10/2011 @ 1:18 pm

Since these are nitrogen-fixing plants, they do not need fertilizer, with exception to a side dressing of compost, if desired. An abundance of nitrogen will cause little to no flowering and poor pod development.

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