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- Planting green beans in your own garden
- Why is the Brechbohne called Brechbohne?
- Where to plant the rye beans?
- When are beans being planted?
- The best neighbors for the beans
- Climbing aid for breaking beans
- Planting beans step by step
- Tips
Crop beans are climbers
Planting green beans in your own garden
Raised beans are not only very easy to grow in your own garden, the beautiful flowers are in addition to the tasty legumes a real plus for the vegetable garden. In addition, bare walls or house walls can be greened with the pretty tendrils. Learn more about planting green beans in your garden.
Why is the Brechbohne called Brechbohne?
Does the crushed bean have anything to do with vomiting? No. Although the Brechbohne is like all other kidney beans in the raw state toxic and the symptoms of intoxication includes vomiting, the name has its origins but elsewhere. Crab beans are simply easy to "break". Thus, the term applies to various bean varieties with this property, such as bush beans or runner beans, which in turn receive their name due to their growth habit.
Where to plant the rye beans?
The right location is essential so that the beans can grow well and you can harvest abundantly. Bush beans like sun and humus rich, loose soil. Beans belong to the medium-eaters and should only be grown on a bed every three years.
When are beans being planted?
Crop beans should only be planted or sown in the field when no frost is expected, ie after the icy saints at the end of May. The beans can be sown directly in the bed or brought forward on the windowsill or in the cold frame. If you prefer the seeds, you can reap sooner.
If you want to harvest beans spread over several weeks, you can sow the beans in reverse, but at the latest until mid-June.
The best neighbors for the beans
Crop beans are very compatible with the following plant neighbors:
Do not combine your beans with:
Climbing aid for breaking beans
Crop beans are climbing plants and therefore need a climbing aid. If you want to plant the beans in a sufficiently large container, you can also hang them down. Trellises made of nets, vertical bars in the ground or simply vertically stretched ropes are sufficient to allow the beans to hold on to them and to rise.
Planting beans step by step
Tips
After ten days at the latest, the plantlets should be visible.