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- Growing runner beans in the garden
- Runner beans in the garden
- Climbing aid for runner beans
- Runner beans for the field
- Runner beans for the greenhouse
- Tips & Tricks
Growing runner beans in the garden
The cultivation of pole beans is worth twice. First, after only ten weeks, they carry tasty, vitamin-rich pods with high yields. Second, they occupy less space in the garden bed than bush beans, as their tendrils grow upwards. Prerequisite for this are trellises. For the greenhouse smaller varieties are suitable.
Runner beans in the garden
With a bed in a sunny, wind-protected location and a loose, humus-rich soil you give the runner beans good starting conditions. The sowing takes place from the middle of May and after only ten weeks you can harvest the first pods.
Even if pole beans are easy to maintain, you should keep a few things in mind:
Climbing aid for runner beans
Runner beans climb up to a height of 3 meters. To make the tendrils strong, it is essential to place tendons. Bean tents, which mostly consist of bamboo sticks or thin vine rods, are tent-like in the bed.
Runner beans for the field
Runner beans are offered in a variety of varieties. There are the classic green, the yellow, and the blue varieties. In addition to many resistant new varieties, centuries-old varieties have also proven themselves.
Runner beans for the greenhouse
The variety "Rakker" is suitable for the greenhouse. The green spaghetti bean will only reach a maximum height of 2 meters.
Tips & Tricks
Runner beans fit well in the herb and vegetable patch.In a mixed culture with garden cress and sage or with cucumbers, cabbage, lettuce and zucchini, everyone benefits from the nitrogen-emitting and at the same time low-consuming runner beans.