Green beans are a relatively easy crop to grow in the summer and fall, and will provide you and your family with healthy, tasty food.They're best grown in the USDA zones.The beans are sensitive to cold weather and should be watered daily.Under the same basic conditions, you can grow both bush and pole varieties.Bush beans take less time to mature than pole beans.
Step 1: It's easy to plant bush beans.
The two basic green bean varieties are bush beans and pole beans.The bushes of bush beans only grow to 1–2 feet high, spread out along the ground.While bush beans only produce a single harvest during a growing season, they are relatively easy to grow and don't require much tending.Pole beans need to climb vertically to spread out horizontally.Bush beans don't require any kind of support in the garden, while pole beans do.Bush Blue Lake and Bountiful are recommended bush varieties.
Step 2: Pole beans can be planted for a larger harvest.
You'll be able to harvest pole beans sooner because they mature more quickly than bush beans.During the growing season, they grow a larger number of beans from each plant than you would bush with beans.Fortex and Kentucky Wonder are recommended pole varieties.Pole beans can be climbed by installing a cattle panel, wooden lattice, or similar garden trellis.
Step 3: You can plant your crop in a sunny spot.
If you want to grow green beans, you should choose an area of your garden that gets full sun.Since green beans don't do well in heavily-moist soil, you should avoid shaded locations.
Step 4: The compost will have a loamy texture.
If your garden has heavy clay soil or sandy soil, you should amend it with organic material before planting green beans.The soil is dark.You can test the soil by squeezing it.Clay soil stays in a ball while sandy soil falls apart.When touched, the soil will break apart.If working with clay soil, spread 2 inches of manure or compost over the soil and work it into the top 1 foot (30 cm) of soil using a shovel, garden fork, or rototiller.If the soil is heavy, you could mix sawdust or sand into it.If working with sandy soil, spread the same amount of heavy manure or compost into the soil but skip the sawdust.Regardless of the type of soil you have, you should make sure that the area is free of debris and weeds.
Step 5: Before planting the seeds, apply a 10-20-10fertilizer to the soil.
Green beans don't need a lot of nutrition, but a light application offertilizer can help your plants produce a better crop.The top of the soil can be mixed with a shovel or trowel.It is good for producing a strong crop yield if you use 10-20-10.If you give your plant a high amount of nitrogen, it will grow a lot of leaves but not many beans.
Step 6: You can grow them in a container if you want.
If you want to grow beans indoors, you'll need to plant them in a large pot.The container should be about 20 cm in diameter.The pot should be filled with loose soil.If you're planting pole beans in a container, you should put a lattice in the container as well to allow the bean plants to grow.Potted plants tend to dry out faster than non-potted ones.If they're potted, you may need to water them more.
Step 7: After the last frost, sow the seeds outdoors.
During the planting stage, the best soil temperature is 55 F.Once the plants reach the emergence stage, the temperature should warm to 77 F.The soil temperature for green bean seeds is 48 F.Slow growth may occur if the soil temperature drops below this at night.
Step 8: If you're planting pole beans, set up a fence.
If you are going with a pole variety, growing the crop without some form of fencing will greatly affect the growth and yield of your plants.A cattle panel is the simplest support you can provide.A small section of wire fence is about 16 feet by 5 feet.Before planting the seeds, you need to set up a fence.A metal or plastic stake could be used.Make sure that the bottom 4 inches (10 cm) are underground by positioning either one just behind the planting location.
Step 9: In the ground, plant each seed 1–2 inches deep.
Each seed should be covered lightly with loose soil and be about 6 inches apart.If your soil is sandy, plant the seeds a little deeper.If you're planting multiple rows of beans, leave 1-2 feet of room between each row.Do not soak the seeds before or after planting.Green bean seeds have a tendency to break when exposed to a lot of water.
Step 10: If you use a container, plant the bean seeds 1 inch deep.
Each seed should be sown 2 inches apart.Press the seeds down into the soil with your fingers.Pole beans need to be spread out a little more.Pole bean seeds are 10–15 cm apart.Green beans don't survive transplant well, so it's best not to start your seeds indoors.Your plants won't thrive after being replanted.
Step 11: The beans are planted in the soil.
Wood chip mulch or straw works well with green beans.It is possible to prevent the soil from getting too cool or warm by covering it with mulch.After the soil has started to warm up, apply mulch over the plants.Straw and lawn clippings are good mulches.Grass clippings that do not contain pesticides should be used as mulch.The spread of weeds can be prevented with mulch.
Step 12: Every 2 weeks, sow additional seeds.
If you want a continuous harvest that lasts all summer and into fall, you can sow green bean seeds every 2 weeks.If you are going to harvest the green beans, skip a planting.The hot weather may cause the plants to drop their blossoms early.If you live in a region with hot summers, you may need to stop your green bean growing during the hottest months.
Step 13: New seeds should be stopped 10 to 12 weeks before the first frost.
You should sow the seeds for the green beans around 3 months before the first frost.Depending on where you live, the time of your first frost will vary.If the first frost occurs before your final crop of green beans is ready to harvest, the buds may drop early.The daytime temperatures are still within the ideal range even if the frost only occurs at night.
Step 14: There are water bean plants in your garden.
Plants are not watered on cloudy or rainy days.Water on sunny days to keep the foliage dry.Give the plants about 1.5 inches of water a week.Too much or too little water can cause the blossoms to drop early in the growth cycle.It is best to not water your green bean plants in the middle of the day.
Step 15: Water bean plants are placed in containers once a day.
Green bean plants should be watered daily.Plants need more than 2 inches of water a week.If you notice the soil is starting to dry out, give the plants more water.If the soil is rich in minerals, you don't need to add more than once a month.
Step 16: It's a good idea to apply balancedfertilizer sparingly.
Green beans grow well with minimal nutrients, and applying too much could cause an overabundance of foliage, but a small yield of actual green beans.The general rule is that you should only applyfertilizer if the soil has low levels of important minerals.If your soil is deficient in vitamins and minerals, you can fertilize the plants once a week.If your soil is sandy, you may need to apply a nitrogen richfertilizer once the first plants reach their bud stage.Green beans prefer acidic soils.If your soil is acidic, you might need to apply a solution to balance it.
Step 17: The weeds need to be removed as needed.
It is difficult for green beans to emerge from the weeds because they can choke out.Ensure a good crop of green beans by removing weeds as soon as you spot them.Don't dig too deep when removing weeds.Green beans have shallow roots and digging too deep into the soil can damage them.Weeding when the foliage is wet would increase the risk of disease.
Step 18: There are pests and diseases.
Green beans are prone to pests and diseases.The plants should be treated with organic pesticides to keep the problems under control.Sulfur and nee oil are usually adequate fungicides.Green beans are very weak against white mold and mosaic viruses.Cutworms can be killed with a Bacillus thuringiensis insecticide.You can get rid of the pests by hosing them off with water.
Step 19: Green beans are picked during an immature stage.
You should be able to remove the pods from the plant without tearing the stems.When ready to harvest, green beans are usually about the size of a small pencil.50 to 60 days from planting to harvest, and 15 to 18 days after the bloom stage.The beans will develop a tough outer skin if they are given more time to mature.The seeds inside should not be allowed to fully develop.The inner seeds will turn hard at a mature stage.
Step 20: Once thepods start to bulge, harvest the beans from container-grown plants.
This is a good sign that the beans are mature.Between 45 and 75 days after they're planted, the beans will be mature and ready to harvest.If you harvest the beans before they're stringy, your plants will produce a second harvest.
Step 21: Break and string the beans.
Bring the beans into your kitchen and fill it with water.The long string should be removed from the front side of the green bean.Each bean should be snapped into 2 or 3 pieces.Remove the dirt from the broken beans by placing them in a pot of water.You can skip the breaking step if you prefer your green beans whole.It's best to string the beans shortly after harvest.
Step 22: Green beans can be kept in a refrigerator.
You can store green beans in your refrigerator for up to 7 days.For long-term storage, freeze, can, or pickle green beans.The beans can be kept in the freezer for a while.