How To Grow Beans

It's a Snap To Grow Beans by: Plant a Row - Grow a Row

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How To Plant Beans:

Beans are easy and fast to grow. They LOVE warm weather and soil so it's best to wait till the signs of frost are gone before planting them in your garden.

Beans come in two basic types: bush beans and pole beans. Bush beans are low-to-the-ground while pole beans like to "climb" upwards, helped with support such as a pole, string or fence.

It takes about 7 - 10 days after planting for the seedling to appear. And in less than two months, you'll be enjoying the harvest!

Starting with rich, loose soil (digging in compost at the start of the gardening season helps), plant bush beans in rows and gather soil in small mounds or hills for pole beans.

Plant the beans about 10 cm apart and 3 cm deep. Once in the ground, cover the bean with soil and gently pat it down so that the soil comes in contact with the bean. For pole beans, place the stakes in the ground at the time of planting so that you don't have to disturb the roots later.

Keep the soil moist until the seedling emerges. After that, the plant needs about 3 cm of water weekly.

Pick the beans when they taste good to you. Leaving them on the vine for too long makes them dry and tough.
Keep planting beans throughout the summer so that you can have a continuous harvest available for you and those with whom you can share.

How To Grow A Pole Bean Tee-pee

By taking advantage of the vine-like growth of pole beans, you can create a special play area in the garden for your child while at the same time ,grow food.

Select a spot in the garden that is about 1.5 metres in diameter.

Dig the earth in the circle, adding compost around the perimeter to prepare the soil for planting. Place about 6 – 8 long poles (about 2 – 3 metres in height) around the edge of the circle, pushing them well into the soil and angling them so that they lean toward each other. Leave a bigger space between 2 of the poles to serve as the future entrance to your teepee. Firmly tie the top of the poles together. Wrap string around the poles to give the vines extra places to climb.

Once you have prepared the structure, you just need to follow the planting and growing directions for pole beans on this brochure or on your seed package.

Plant about 5 - 6 beans at the base of each pole.

As the seedlings emerge, train the vines up the poles. Water regularly and watch them climb! They’ll soon cover the structure as well as provide food for picking.