Fresh green beans from your own garden are a special treat and also extremely healthy. In addition, the cultivation is anything but complicated. Find out below how to plant green beans step by step and what to look out for.

Pole beans need a climbing aid

What are green beans?

The term "green beans" describes various types of garden beans that have one thing in common: their green color. When growing, however, this is less of a concern than her growth habit. Green beans are available as pole beans and bush beans.

Differences in cultivation for pole and bush beans

As the name suggests, runner beans grow on a pole, so they need a climbing aid. It takes a bit more work, but it looks particularly beautiful and the beans, which usually bloom white or pink, can be used to green bare walls or fences.
Bush beans, on the other hand, do not need climbing aids because they do not grow tall and tend to grow bushy. However, it can make sense to pile up the young plants to protect them from breaking off. You'll find more about it here.

The most important key data for the cultivation of green beans

  • Location: Sunny to semi-shady
  • 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, beets, cabbage, radishes, lettuce, spinach, tomatoes
  • Bad neighbors: peas, fennel, garlic, leeks, onions

Growing green beans step by step

Green beans are among the weak consumers, which is why crop rotation is not so important here. Kidney beans can certainly be planted after planting 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 about 40 cm apart.
  • If the beans are pole beans, place the poles or similar climbing aids in the ground with sufficient spacing.
  • Drill holes around the rods about 2 to 3cm deep and about 10cm apart.
  • Put the bean seeds in the holes and cover them with soil.
  • Water your seeds thoroughly.
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tips

Green beans need a lot of water. If you want to save yourself some work, mulch your bean bed.

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Vegetable garden