Fresh green beans from your own garden are a special treat and extremely he althy. Furthermore, cultivation is anything but complicated. Find out below how to plant green beans step by step and what you should pay attention to.
How to grow green beans in the garden?
To grow green beans in the garden, choose a sunny to partially shaded location, loosen the soil and create rows 40 cm apart. Plant runner or bush beans at a distance of 25-40 cm and water the seeds thoroughly. Look out for good neighbors such as savory, potatoes or tomatoes.
What are green beans?
The term “green beans” refers to various types of common beans that have one thing in common: their green color. When growing, however, this is less important because of their growth habit. The green bean is available as a runner bean and as a bush bean.
Differences in cultivation for pole and bush beans
As the name suggests, pole beans grow on a pole, so they need a climbing aid. This takes a little more work, but looks particularly beautiful and the beans, which usually bloom in white or delicate pink, can be used to add greenery to bare walls or fences. Bush beans, on the other hand, do not need any climbing support because they do not grow tall grow rather bushy. However, it can make sense to pile up the young plants to protect them from breaking off. Find out more here.
The most important key data for growing green beans
- Location: Sunny to partially shaded
- Soil: well loosened, not fertilized with nitrogen!
- Prefer: From the beginning of March in the warm
- Direct sowing outdoors: mid-May
- Sowing depth: 2 – 3cm
- Planting distance: 25 – 40cm
- Row spacing: about 40cm
- Good neighbors: savory, dill, strawberries, cucumbers, potatoes, chard, celery, beetroot, cabbage, radishes, lettuce, spinach, tomatoes
- Bad neighbors: peas, fennel, garlic, leeks, onions
Growing green beans step by step
Green beans are low-eaters, which is why crop rotation is not so important here. French beans can certainly be planted after growing heavy feeders such as cabbage.
- The soil should be loosened a little before sowing.
- Then using a bar or string, straight lines are drawn into the bed at a distance of about 40cm.
- If it is runner beans, now place the poles or similar climbing aids in the ground with sufficient distance.
- Drill holes around the poles about 2 to 3cm deep and about 10cm apart.
- Put the bean seeds into the holes and cover them with soil.
- Water your seeds thoroughly.
Tip
Green beans need a lot of water. If you want to save yourself some work, mulch your bean bed.
