![]() ![]() It has pockets to slot your canes into so makes it easy to support them. The Pea and Bean Planter holds 6 bean plants in the space of little bigger than a tea tray. It is perfectly possible to grow beans in containers. Fork in some well-rotted manure before you plant yours out. Beans need a warm, sunny spot in well-drained soil. But dwarf French beans crop only over a few weeks, so you may want to make an additional later sowing. You can sow them directly outside from May to July but virtually no one does! Some types such as Climbing French beans will crop continually into September. If in doubt (and to give them an extra boost) then once outside, cover them with a tunnel to get them off to a great start. ![]() Usually in late May/early June in the UK. They are a tender plant though that doesn’t tolerate frost so wait to plant them out until the risk of frost has passed. ![]() Put them outside when the weather is good to harden them off. Sow a single seed 1" (2.5cm) deep in Rootrainers or small pots. If you have space, start the beans off indoors on a windowsill or in a propagator, in late April or May. If you particularly want to grow French beans - either dwarf or climbing - in containers then check out this link How to Grow French Beans in Containers Sowing The bush beans will come in early in the summer, followed by the pole beans which will keep producing after the bush beans are done. If you really like green beans and have the space, then plant both bush and pole beans. Runner beans are the ancestors of the modern green bean varieties and grow to 10-12 feet (3-4 m), Many are put off by the stringiness of the shop bought ones but picking them fresh from your own garden is a different matter so these should still be on your list of potentials. Pole beans take longer to start producing than bush beans, but they produce for a longer period and seem to have a bit more flavour. They’re called “pole beans” because one popular way to grow them is in “teepees” made of bamboo poles or branches. Pole bean varieties can grow 8-10 feet (2.5-3 m), and need a trellis or something to climb on for support. They come in a week or two earlier than pole beans, but produce fewer beans What to plant depends a lot on what you like to eat, when you want to eat it and a little on the space you have.īush green bean varieties also known as Dwarf Beans grow to about 2 feet (60 cm) tall. ![]()
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