If you could only grow one crop, what would it be? Beans of course! The most prolific, keep-on-coming versatile veggie a gardener can grow. What’s not to love?
They’re also incredibly economical on space as well as on your grocery bill because you can grow them vertically in a stunning variety of ways, which Ben demonstrates in this week’s episode.
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Awesome. Grab the danglers😂😂
I'm sorry this isn't relevant to the video but your garden planning app is clutch, thank you so much for hosting it, super helpful!
Unbelievably it is possible to buy ladybirds on the internet . I’ve got 1500 for £20. God knows how they count them ?
Thank you! 🥰 That beeer trap….. my slugs must be attending AA meetings because no beer traps works in my garden 😎
I have always grown traditional heirloom beans like Czar and Scarlet Emperor, but feel disappointed sometimes – when even at a fairly young stage – they can become a bit stringy and fibrous. So this year in a total break from tradition, I am growing some "Polestar" runner beans which are reported to be stringless.
I start my beans in a seed-sprouting jar in my kitchen, so any that fail to sprout or go mushy go straight in the bin. Fortunately that didn't happen with these beans, and they all sprouted. They are now in pots of compost on a sunny window sill and a few of them are now poking their heads out of the soil.
I always start my beans like this, and plant them out when they are too big for the slugs to bother with – usually about six to eight inches.
Best bean growing guide!
I never connected the mature pods with the end of their production cycle. That's amazing information. Thank you. X
Hi Ben, great video as always, love learning from you. I didn’t know about nipping out the top shoots at full height. I previously just wound them back down the other side of the canes 😊. But I will be trying your way this year. I have yellow beans, Runners, Borlotti, French climbers, Broad beans & purple beans. Love your arches… who’s your supplier? I can’t see a link to them.
Nice video! I'm growing a variety of organic tomatoes, celery, & potatoes. I had over 100 seedlings and sprouts and we have suffered an attack of these little gnat looking bugs living in the soil. Like a fruit fly but for plants. So I've lost a lot due to their roots being eaten away. 😤 My outdoor plants are doing good, but the indoor ones have these gnats that have moved in.
I'm growing 8 different beans this year, two scarlet runner varieties, three bush beans, three pole beans
Thanks for the masterclass.
Hi Ben, great video on how to grow beans with lots of useful information. Thanks for sharing and take care 😊
Growing Kentucky Wonder & Purple Kew here. The seedlings look beautiful. Thanks for the review! What was that white blooming tree behind you towards the end? Gorgeous!
I couldn't grow beans last year as something was chewing on them before they could really get going. I'm hoping I don't lose them this year. We even had a portable electric fence around the outdoor garden! Critters!
Dear Ben, thanks so much for your newest video. As always, it is full of excellent advice, it is dynamic and very enjoyable. I would love to erect an arch like yours on my allotment and plant it up by beans. It is so pretty and practical. Would you have an idea where to source one? I don't want to break the bank. Thanks Adrienne
I have been growing beans for several years, both bush and vining varieties, but this year I will be trying something a little different. I plan on using compost and mixing in kelp meal along with crushed lobster and crab shells. The shells are suppoosed to help with the calcium and also repel snails and slugs because of the sharp edges. Heres to hoping all of your gardening adventures are successful.
I have several cattle panel arches and grow True Red Cranberry, Good Mother Stallard, Cherokee Trail of Tears, Christmas Lima and Sunset Runner beans for dried and Rattlesnake, Trionfo Violetto, Marvel of Venice and a couple of others for eating fresh. This year I'll have a bed of bush beans for a friend with limited space so that will be fun.
I love your videos! Very helpful! I was just wondering what zone are you in? I’m in Toronto, Canada , zone 5. Also, do you have a heater in your greenhouse?
this year Bushbeans (like last year) and 2 types of polebeans) Funny… that you mentioned marigolds, zinnia and cosmos…. alll three i have a ton (i really mean ALOT) off sowed inside…and are now in my tomato greenhouse … but now i have a big problem …lol … im pulling out my headhair because i do not where to place them all (lol its getting overcrowded)
I love beans, bush and d long kind..I grow em every year, I start later than May cuz they grow quick and long …
I am growing red swan beans, purple beans and wax beans.
Ben, you say you're going to provide a link to the 'T' frame support video in the description. Please can you add this? Thank you.
Vraiment top bravo 😊
A bientôt
My standby beans are Seychelles stringless fillet pole bean, Maxibel bush stringless filet and the new improved Blue Lake 274 bush bean. Great tips! I envy you with your bees – I've attempted for two summers to raise bees. I set up four hives facing the southeast at the edge of the forest that abuts my property. I then bought four jumbo pkgs of Italian honey bees. They built thier hives in the nest boxes and were prolific and happy. Unfortunately my rural neighbors do not understand the role honey bees and other pollinating insects play in our crops and gardens. The elderly fellow across the road sprays copious amounts of Sevin on everything and anything that flowers on his 2 acre property. The father in law of my abutting neighbor got the bright idea to spray for ticks and mosquitos "to protect the grandchildren". Problem is he sprayed middle of the day when the clover was in full bloom. I lost three complete hives – collapse from the toxic pesticides and the fourth terribly weakened which did not survive the winter. I went around and spoke to these folks letting them know how their insecticides are killing bees and shared my 3 hive collapses. I then ordered 4 more pkgs of Italian honey bees early spring the next year – same thing. I've abandoned attempting to raise bees. In the meantime, pollination here is sketchy to say the least with the stupidity and calloused attitudes of some of these folks. Just one of the many problems when urban folks relocate to rural areas.
Great video! My faves are Seychelles (green) and Monte Gusto (yellow)!
I just started pole beans bush beans and yellow beans today.
Handy vlog!! I can really use it now with the season gearing up 😀 I'm trying peas, borlotti and for a 2nd year French beans. Thx so much for sharing your experience and keep the blogs coming!! 🙏👍
I'm giving fava beans and castor beans a try this year.
I am growing beans from seeds my mother froze from Dad's crop of 1991. She passed away @103years of age and we found these seeds in her freezer labeled 'Old Timey Green Beans you can't buy in the store anymore. I991"
They are currently flourishing in my garden!
Just planted purple and green bush beans in my square foot garden, along with my grapevine. Living here in FL we have to watch out for pests, leaf rollers, catepillars that turn into beautiful blue skipper butterfly. I gave them my green beans last year, but hoping they stay away this year!
Can't believe you only water them once a week maybe twice a week… I've always watered mine every evening..
With my beans, I have found that my biggest pest is rabbits. I have had to cage all my beds to keep the little buggers out. They will mow down a row of beans in a heartbeat. Im growing bush green beans, as well as Kentucky wonder pole beans and Chinese noodle beans.
Rattlesnake pole beans, Oriental Yard Long Beans and red noodle beans. South central Texas
I planted some climbing beans behind a bench I made near my fish pond… the idea being they should grow up the improvised branch trellis behind the bench and make a nice little green shade screen.
Thanks for all the great info! I had Mexican bean beetles mid summer last year. They look like yellow ladybugs. I popped them off into a bucket of soap water, but it was a daily task. Ugh. Any tips?
Initially I wanted to just plant few cherry tomatoes as a side project and came here for advice about germination. Here I am a month after I started watching your channel with potatoes and lettuces already in my garden and some beans, broccolis and a zuchini waiting for the right time to transplant. And I've set up a bokashi compost and vermi compost as well to support that garden later on. Thank you for all the work you do on this channel, you've helped me find a new hobby and a surprisingly strong stress relief. My little garden with 3 raised beds is now my happy place :D.
Hi I’m growing for the first time dwarf beans but 5here in a very large wide pot but I sowed the seeds two weeks ago and still no sign of them we live in the south west,do you think there not going to grow should I plant some more or what, thanks for any advice you can give me.❤
I think this year I'll be planting green beans, beets, cherry tomatoes, and zucchini in a raised bed put in the middle of my yard where it gets full sun. On the patio in pots, I'll plant herbs, lettuce, spinach, and jalapenos. We just got two guinea pigs, so the lettuce and herbs will be feeding more than us four humans
Can using in situ compost cause issues with root rot?