Green beans
How do I sow green beans outdoors?
To sow green beans outdoors, it's best to wait until all risk of frost has passed. Usually, this is after the last frosts, around the end of April-beginning of May.
Before sowing, prepare your soil by weeding and working it deeply. Green beans like light, well-drained soil. You can add compost to improve soil structure, but avoid chemical fertilisers.
Create furrows about 3 cm deep and 40 cm apart. Sow the green bean seeds 5-7 cm apart. Cover lightly with soil and water regularly to keep the soil moist.
Make sure your green beans get enough sun, at least 6 hours a day. Keep an eye out for diseases and pests, such as aphids, and act quickly if necessary using natural control methods.
How do I harvest green beans?
Green beans are generally harvested from July until early autumn. To harvest green beans, it is best to pick them when they are still young and fine, before they become too hard and fibrous. Simply cut them with scissors or break them by hand. It's important to harvest regularly to encourage the production of new beans.
Green beans generally keep in the fridge for a week. It is advisable to eat them quickly to take advantage of their freshness and nutritional qualities. If you want to keep part of your harvest for longer, you can freeze them after blanching them for a few minutes in boiling water.
In addition, to encourage the growth of green beans, you can mulch the soil to conserve moisture and limit the development of weeds. It's also important to hoe regularly and ensure that the plants get enough sun and water.
Green beans
- Type : Vegetables
- Subtype : Seed vegetables
- Botanical Family : Fabaceae (papilionaceae / legumes)
Characteristics
- Lifecycle : Annual
- Exposure : Full Sun
- Frost Hardiness : Frost Sensitive
- Cultivation Difficulty : Easy
- Adult Height : 40 cm
Sowing & Planting
- Greenhouse Growing : Not Required
- Sowing Depth : 3 cm
- Plant Spacing : 8 cm
- Row Spacing : 40 cm
Maintenance
- Maintenance : Low
- Water Requirements : Moderate
Seeds
- Soil Type : Humus-rich
- Soil pH Preference : Neutral
- Pest Sensitivity : Moderate
- Disease Sensitivity : Moderate
- Weed Sensitivity : Moderate
- Pollination : Self-pollinating
- Propagation : Sowing