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Growing Beans: A Practical Growing Guide for Bush Beans, Pole Beans, Green Beans, Dry Beans, Raised Beds, Containers, and Home Gardens
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Series: Verdantis Practical Growing Guides
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ISBN13: 9798197310354
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: May 18 2026
Pages: 244
Weight: 0.73
Height: 0.51 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: May 18 2026
Pages: 244
Weight: 0.73
Height: 0.51 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Learn how to grow green beans and other garden beans from seed with a practical plan for planting, support, care, troubleshooting, and harvest.
Growing Beans is a season-long guide for beginners and home growers who want reliable results with bush beans, pole beans, runner beans, snap and string beans, shelling beans, and dry beans. It covers garden rows, raised beds, and containers, with clear guidance from the first sowing decision through harvest and seed saving.
Growing Beans is a season-long guide for beginners and home growers who want reliable results with bush beans, pole beans, runner beans, snap and string beans, shelling beans, and dry beans. It covers garden rows, raised beds, and containers, with clear guidance from the first sowing decision through harvest and seed saving.
Common questions are answered directly: When should bean seeds be planted? What soil temperature is warm enough? How deep should beans be planted, and how far apart should they be spaced? What is the difference between bush beans and pole beans? What kind of trellis do climbing beans need? How do you grow beans in containers? Why do bean plants develop yellow leaves, drop flowers, or fail to set pods? How should common bean pests and diseases be handled?
Inside, you will learn how to:
- choose varieties for short seasons, hot summers, humid conditions, windy sites, patios, raised beds, and small gardens;
- prepare well-drained soil and plant beans at the right time, depth, and spacing for even emergence;
- build practical supports for pole beans, climbing beans, and runner beans before vines become tangled;
- manage watering, mulch, weeds, and fertility without encouraging excessive leafy growth;
- grow beans in containers while managing drainage, root-zone heat, moisture, and stability;
- diagnose yellow leaves, flower drop, poor pod set, weather stress, nutrient problems, common pests, and bean diseases;
- harvest green beans, shelling beans, and dry beans at the proper stage, then dry, store, and save healthy seed.
Includes 11 black-and-white illustrations.
The illustrations clarify growth habits, direct sowing, soil and drainage, support systems, watering, root nodules, container planting, harvest stages, pest symptoms, disease symptoms, and seed selection.
Practical tables, seasonal checklists, and diagnostic guides help you compare visible signs, identify likely causes, and choose an appropriate response before changing the care routine.
For beginners and practical home growers, Growing Beans provides a reliable reference from planting through harvest, storage, and seed saving.
Inside, you will learn how to:
- choose varieties for short seasons, hot summers, humid conditions, windy sites, patios, raised beds, and small gardens;
- prepare well-drained soil and plant beans at the right time, depth, and spacing for even emergence;
- build practical supports for pole beans, climbing beans, and runner beans before vines become tangled;
- manage watering, mulch, weeds, and fertility without encouraging excessive leafy growth;
- grow beans in containers while managing drainage, root-zone heat, moisture, and stability;
- diagnose yellow leaves, flower drop, poor pod set, weather stress, nutrient problems, common pests, and bean diseases;
- harvest green beans, shelling beans, and dry beans at the proper stage, then dry, store, and save healthy seed.
Includes 11 black-and-white illustrations.
The illustrations clarify growth habits, direct sowing, soil and drainage, support systems, watering, root nodules, container planting, harvest stages, pest symptoms, disease symptoms, and seed selection.
Practical tables, seasonal checklists, and diagnostic guides help you compare visible signs, identify likely causes, and choose an appropriate response before changing the care routine.
For beginners and practical home growers, Growing Beans provides a reliable reference from planting through harvest, storage, and seed saving.
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