Growing Green Beans

Phaseolus spp. – Warm season annual vegetable.

Size: Bush types grow one to two feet in height and just as wide; pole types grow 6-8 feet tall adn 1 foot wide.

Features: Tender green beans grow on bushes or vinelike plants.

Uses: Grown in a vegetable garden for edible uses.

Needs: Full sun. Good, well-drained soil with consistent moisture. Plant from seed 1 inch deep and 12-18 inches apart two weeks after your regions last frost date. Provide teepees or other supports for pole beans. Beans start to produce in 40-100 days.

Harvest daily for best production, picking beans while small and tender. If growing beans for drying, allow bean to dry on the plant, then remove from pods and store. For longest harvest, plant a new crop every two weeks. Avoid high-nitrogen fertilizers, which decrease yeilds. Working with plants when wet can spread rust. Mexican bean beetle is this plants worst pest, control with pyrethrin.