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Growing French Beans
French
Beans
FRENCH BEAN Latin Name Type Site and Soil Plant to Harvest Time How Many? Simple to grow, delicious tasting and very nutritious - a few of the
reasons for you to make room for French Beans in your vegetable plot. The taste is always better than those bought in the shops, because
you can grow varieties not suitable for commercial production.
You also choose when to harvest them - just before they are needed for cooking. In normal circumstances they can be harvested between
early July
to
mid October. If you have cloches, they can be ready to harvest
in
mid June. French beans prefer a sunny, sheltered site because it gives protection from cold winds
which helps at the seedling stage and later on during the pollination
phase. If the climbing type is to be grown (as opposed to the dwarf
variety), remember that they will need support to 1.8m (6foot) and that
they will cast a shadow over any nearby low-growing plants. Climbing
French Beans make ideal companions lettuce,
beetroot and other low growing
vegetables which appreciate some shade in midday heat. French Beans prefer a rich soil which has plenty of organic material
in it. They have a deep root system, so digging should be to a spade and
a half's depth, incorporating compost or other organic material during
the process. If possible, prepare the soil a month or so in advance
of sowing the seeds,
mid April
is a good time.
The best time to plant French Beans outside is just after the last frost,
mid May (click here
if you have not yet used GardenAction to automatically set the weather dates
for your area). If poly tunnel or cloche protection can be
provided (or if planting in pots indoors), the sowing date can be 4
weeks before the last frost date in your area.
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to buy a poly-tunnel or cloche online from our recommended suppliers.
Growing French Beans
French Beans are also known by a variety of names such as kidney
beans, flageolets and haricot beans - these names refer to the beans when
left to mature fully.
QUICK GUIDE
Phaseolus coccineus
Perennial, but grown in UK as half-hardy annual.
Full sun, sheltered from wind. Well-dug water retaining soil.
12 weeks
3kg (6.5lb) per metre (yard)
How To Grow French Beans -
Site and Soil
How to Grow French Beans - When to
Sow
French Beans are very frost-tender at the sowing and seedling stage and
if unprotected, will in almost all cases damaged by any degree of frost.
Where the seedlings have appeared above the soil surface and a late
unexpected frost strikes, it is best to remove them and plant more seeds
in their place.
Name: Abraham Addy
E-mail: addyp88@yahoo.com
Date posted: October 31, 2011 - 02:49 am
Message: i've acquired information on the production of french beans.
Name: anil mate
E-mail: Private
Date posted: September 19, 2011 - 07:40 am
Message: i have require the information about to avoid the cracking seed of french beans and soybean seed.
Name: Sonal
E-mail: Private
Date posted: September 17, 2011 - 01:03 am
Message: well i have done field experiment in my school and we found that french bean is the crop that we needed to plant
Name: uzmeed
E-mail: Private
Date posted: September 14, 2011 - 12:38 am
Message: hi
i have french bean plants in my garden the plant is growing well. I sowed the seed about 3 months ago but there is no fruit yet
i live in pakistan and temp here is about 30-33C
please advice
regards
uzmeed
Name: phil Davies
E-mail: phil_davies29@yahoo.com
Date posted: August 07, 2011 - 11:33 am
Message: Hi
I am trying to grow some french beans the brand name is carters - and the bean type is blue lake - but I have never grown such beans before so any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated - please can you tell me do I have to nip out the top growing bud when they reach 6ft - and also how do I make them flower then produce beans from that - I have had them in the ground since may - and nothing yet - no beans - but I have a lot of leafy plants - please help !!!
cheers
phil
Name: KOROI
E-mail: Private
Date posted: July 24, 2011 - 10:35 pm
Message: please can you advise me on what type of soil to plant french bean.
Name: KOROI
E-mail: Private
Date posted: July 24, 2011 - 10:33 pm
Message: please can you advise me on what type of soil to plant french bean.
Name: vicky jenkins
E-mail: Private
Date posted: June 24, 2011 - 02:43 pm
Message: I have grown some French Beans in large pots in shop bought, peat free compost which are now outside (in the north east of England. I feed them weekly and water them most days when it doesn't rain. The plants are strong and healthy, but very few beans are growing straight and have assumed a "U" shape. What am I doing wrong?
Regards
Vicky
Name: colin
E-mail: Private
Date posted: June 06, 2011 - 03:07 pm
Message: Please could you advice me on the best variety of flageolet beans for the Edinburgh area of scotland.
As tried to grow them by planting in early May but not one germinated.
your help would be most welcome
regards
colin
Name: the bean fairy
E-mail: Private
Date posted: June 01, 2011 - 03:59 pm
Message: Not many people using the "please " word here.
Name: Rogers Karebi
E-mail: Private
Date posted: May 21, 2011 - 02:43 am
Message: Kindly send me a brochure on how to grow frence beans, and advise on the current world market prices.
Thanks
Name: Benard k.
E-mail: Private
Date posted: January 25, 2011 - 07:04 am
Message: what are the common disease likely to affect frenchbeans and what are the respective curative measures? At what stage is this crop prone to infections and how can it be protected from the infections?
Name: Benard k.
E-mail: Private
Date posted: January 25, 2011 - 07:00 am
Message: what are the common disease likely to affect frenchbeans and what are the respective curative measures? At what stage is this crop prone to infections and how can it be protected from the infections?
Name: Felix
E-mail: kiprotichfelix@yahoo.com
Date posted: January 16, 2011 - 10:22 am
Message: How much money can one make by growing french beans on an acre piece of land.
Name: KD Walker
E-mail: dianegricebros@msn.com
Date posted: January 11, 2011 - 06:54 am
Message: I grew a good crop of dwarf french beans last year. As they are a'perenial'I've cut them back to 2 ins and covered with mulch. Can I expect a re-growth this year? Or should I start again and sow some seeds?
Name: Bwire Girisom
E-mail: bgirisom@yahoo.com
Date posted: November 15, 2010 - 06:25 am
Message: Can i please get information on the current production statistics of french beans in uganda? Thanks a lot.
Name: Jimsaish
E-mail: jimsaina@ yahoo.com
Date posted: November 13, 2010 - 09:25 am
Message: Thanks
Send me bronchure of french bean horticulture
Name: kotikot parmuat
E-mail: robimeikan@yahoo.com
Date posted: November 09, 2010 - 01:18 am
Message: I want to know how to cultivate the french beans for commercial purpose.
Name: mbowa anold
E-mail: mbowaarnold@ymail.com
Date posted: September 22, 2010 - 05:06 am
Message: am mbowa from Uganda, i wana know how togrow french beans.
Name: Esther Gauden
E-mail: esther_fay@yahoo.co.uk
Date posted: September 03, 2010 - 03:04 pm
Message: I live in France and this year I have a bumper crop of French beans. If I leave them to mature and dry on the plant can I then use them as any other dried bean?