🌱 Sowing & planting
- Sowing depth: 2 to 4 cm
- Sowing distance bush beans: 8 cm between plants, 40 cm between rows
- Pole bean sowing distance: 5-10 cm between plants, 10 cm around each stake; stakes 50 cm apart in the row and 70 cm across from each other
- Germination: 16 °C, 6-10 days
- Planting distance bush beans: 8 cm between plants, 40 cm between rows
- Pole bean planting distance: 5-6 seeds at 5 cm distance around each pole; poles 50 cm apart in the row and 70 cm opposite each other
- Plant out as: two true leaves (sowing in situ gives better results)
- Growth cycle: 100 days
📅 Growing times throughout the year
- Bush – dry bean: sow outdoors in early May-early June, harvest in September.
- Bush – French bean: sow outdoors mid-May-mid-June, harvest mid-July-September.
- Bush – princess bean early: sow under glass mid-April-mid-May, plant outdoors in May, harvest mid-June-mid-August.
- Bush – Princess Bean Normal: sow outdoors May-July, harvest August-mid October.
- Early French bean: sow under glass mid-April-early May, plant outdoors in May, harvest July-August.
- Pole – French bean normal: sow outdoors mid-May-end June, harvest end of July-September.
- Pole – bacon beans: sow outdoors mid-May-mid-June, harvest August-September.
- Runner beans: sow outdoors mid-May-mid-June, harvest mid-August-early October.
- Pole – princess bean: sow outdoors mid-May-mid-July, harvest August-mid-October.
Start cultivation (sowing)
Harvesting
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Dried bean shrub (outside)
Bush runner bean (outdoor)
🪟 Bush princess early (glass → outside)
Bush princess normal (outside)
🪟 Early French bean vine (glass → outside)
Pole French bean normal (outside)
Bacon stick (outside)
Runner bean sticks (outside)
Stick princess (outside)
🏠 Inside
🪟 Greenhouse / conservatory
Outside
🌿 Popular breeds
- Bush princess beans: Maxi BIO , Ferrari BIO , Miracle Chinese , Argus Extra Long , Butter Queen (yellow), Delinel , Larma, Prelude , Purple Queen (purple), Saxa or Limburg Early
- Pole princess beans: Neckargold (yellow), Abundance – Rentgiver
- Dry beans (stick): Borlotto Firetongue, White Egg Bean
- Dried beans (bush): White egg bean , Lapwing
📘 Basic information
- Crop group: Legume
- Plant family: Pea family
- Height: 60-75 cm (bush) and 240-360 cm (stick)
- Growth cycle: 100 days
- Frost resistant: no
- Root system: 45-60 cm
- Preferred soil: pH 6.0-6.8
- Fertilization: little fertilization required
🌞💧 Pitch & water
Location: ☀️ moderate sun
Watering: 💧 little water needed
🤝 Good & Bad Neighbors
Good neighbors
Bad neighbors
❗ Dangers & Concerns
- Little-known issues and concerns.
🧺 Harvesting & storing
Harvest the beans when they are long and firm. If the insides are visible, they are already a bit too far along.
Cut the beans with sharp scissors or a knife. After harvesting, throw the plants on the compost heap; they're full of nitrogen.
🍽️ Nutritional value
Per 100 g cooked green beans without salt:
- 35 kcal
- 0 g fat
- 8 g carbohydrates
- 2 g protein
- 3 g fiber
- 2 g sugar
- Vitamins: A and C
- Other: thiamine, riboflavin, calcium, iron, magnesium , folic acid, manganese and potassium
