Are you a bean fan? Then you should definitely give the delicious vegetables a place in your garden. We have tips for planting ready for you.
- Beans are delicious and healthy and therefore a constant guest in our beds.
- When growing, you have the choice between a wide variety of varieties that have slightly different requirements.
- We have summarized the most important things about bean planting for you.
Many of you may still be familiar with your first attempts at planting beans from school: there, children often take a few bean seeds home in science or biology classes to try their luck and record the results in a diary. But that was mostly a few years ago - and the knowledge from that time needs a little refresher. We show you how to plant beans at home in the garden or on the balcony.
What types of beans are there?
The selection of beans is immense, but in the garden there are usually different varieties of bush or runner beans . The difference lies in the growth form: While runner beans can grow up to three meters high and need a climbing aid, bush beans reach a height of about 50 centimeters and do not need any support. The haricot bean also belongs to the kidney beans. It grows like a runner bean on a climbing aid.
When is the best time to plant beans?
When sowing the beans outdoors, you should wait until after the ice saints - around mid-May. The beans are sensitive to the cold and require a constant soil temperature of at least ten degrees. You can then sow many varieties until mid-June . If you want to get started sooner, you can move the beans in the greenhouse or indoors on the windowsill.
Which location do beans prefer?
In principle, beans have little need for the soil, but they feel most comfortable in a loose, humus-rich and deeper soil . A sandy, loamy soil with a pH between 6 and 7 is ideal for growing beans. In addition, it should be relatively sheltered from the wind . While all types of beans prefer a location in full sun, bush and fir beans also grow in a partially shaded place. To improve the soil before sowing, you can loosen it up and enrich it with compost.
Beans are mostly annual plants, but can be grown in the same bed for up to three years. For example, savory runner is suitable as a mixed culture because it distributes black bean louse . But strawberries *, cucumbers *, cabbage, corn, radishes *, radishes, beetroot * or zucchini * are also suitable as a company. With crop rotation , you should note that no peas * were previously planted in the bed - however, grain has proven to be a good pre-crop.
Fittingly : If you forget this thing while growing vegetables, diseases and pests are at risk.
How to plant beans in the garden bed
You can sow bush beans in clumps or in rows . For sowing in rows, create seed grooves about three centimeters deep and sow the seeds at a distance of four to five centimeters . Keep in mind that bush beans later need a lot of space in the bed. The rows are 40 to 50 centimeters apart. For eyrie seeds, place five to six seeds about three centimeters deep in the soil and keep a distance of 40 centimeters from the other planting holes.
If you want to plant runner beans, you should take care of a climbing aid before sowing . For this you can use a simple pole, trellis or trellis. Make sure that they are approximately 30 centimeters deep in the ground so that they are stable. Then place six to eight seeds up to three centimeters deep on the climbing aid. After sowing, the seeds are well watered.
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Care tips for growing beans
Both bush and runner beans have a high water requirement between flowering and fruiting . So water the soil properly once a week with a water hose and loosen the soil regularly with a hoe. By accumulating, you also ensure that the roots develop quickly and strongly.
How to plant beans on the balcony
Beans can be grown wonderfully on the balcony. Depending on the sun exposure and weather conditions, you can choose the right variety . Some beans like strong sunlight more than others. As a rule, the location should be sunny to partially shaded and protected from the wind. As a popular balcony bean, for example, the fire bean counts .
The plant pot for growing beans should have a diameter of at least 45 centimeters and a depth of 40 centimeters. Find a model with a drain hole and fill the bottom of the pot with gravel before spreading the potting soil over it - so the water can drain off well. Beans do not like waterlogging at all. A loose, humus-rich substrate that contains little nitrogen is suitable as planting soil . You should also have a climbing aid ready for pole and fire beans.
A plant pot of this size fits five to six seeds, which you put about two to three centimeters deep in the ground, lightly cover and water. Then you should make sure that the soil always remains evenly moist. The beans are ready to harvest after around ten weeks.
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