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Bean Seeds, Greencrop Bush
Phaseolus vulgaris
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Product Information
Greencrop beans produce an abundant crop of tasty beans on prolific bush plants. The long 15-20 cm (6-8") beans are perfect for fresh use, canning, freezing or frenching.
- SKU: 140097
Growing Information
Grows
Best In:
Full Sun
Days to
Germination:
6 to 14 days
Water
Needs:
Average 2.5-5 cm (1-2") per week
Days to
Maturity:
53 days
Growing Height:
60 cm (24")
Key Features
- Plant Type: Vegetable
- Botanical Name: Phaseolus vulgaris
- Fill Weight (grams): 18
- Approximate Seed Count: 45-50
- Characteristics: All America Selections (AAS) award winner| stringless | container friendly | heavy yielder | frost-sensitive
- Planting Method: Sow Direct
- Plant Lifecycle: Annual
- Seed Type: Heirloom
- Water Needs: Average 2.5-5 cm (1-2") per week
- Flavor: Tender
- Disease Resistance: BCMV (bean common mosaic virus)
- Companion Planting: Plant near beets, corn, lovage, naturtiums, rosemary, squash, strawberries, sunflowers
- Preparation Ideas: Rinse beans under water. Dry and cut off both ends of beans. Snip beans into 1" pieces. Place beans into large frying pan and add enough water to cover beans. Bring water to boil. Reduce heat, cover the pan and simmer beans until fork tender. Drain beans and add butter, salt and pepper and any other spices you desire.
Instructions
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Growing Instructions:
- Planting Depth: 2.5 cm (1")
- Seed Spacing: 10 cm (4")
- Plant Spacing: 15 cm (6")
- Row Spacing: 60 cm (24")
- Instructions for Nutrient Care: Feed plants SUPERthrive once per week. Mix 1.2 ml (1/4 tsp) per 4L (1 gallon) of water in a watering can and apply solution to the base of the plants.
Beans are a warm season crop and seeds should be sown directly into the garden when the soil is warm and all danger of frost is past. Space seeds and plant to the depth indicated below. Press seeds into the soil to ensure good contact and cover with a thin layer of soil. After planting, water the seeds with a gentle mist or shower. It is critical to keep the soil consistently moist during germination. When your seedlings reach a height of a few centimetres (inches) and have developed 2 or 3 pairs of leaves, it is important to thin them out, according to the plant spacing indicated below. Do not allow the soil to become dry, as young plants have underdeveloped roots and can quickly dehydrate, particularly in windy conditions. Bean seeds can be succession planted every 2 to 3 weeks until mid-July for a continuous supply of fresh beans.
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Suggestions
Growing Suggestions:
- For best taste, harvest pods when they are the thickness of a pencil.
- Keep picking regularly to ensure continuous production.
- Too many beans maturing at one time? Try sowing 1/2 or 1/3 of a row one or two weeks apart to extend the harvesting of fresh flavorful beans.
- Avoid working among plants while the foliage is damp or wet as this can encourage and spread fungal and bacterial diseases such as powdery mildew, blight, rust, etc.
- When weeding, hoe gently because beans are shallow-rooted. Mulch plants only after thinning.
- Avoid fertilizing with nitrogen, which results in a surplus of foliage and low, delayed pod growth.
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