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Growing Bush Beans

Botanical name: Phaseolus vulgaris

Growing Bush Beans Organic Gardening Fact Sheet

Seed

 

bush beans

bush beans picked

Planting time: SU
Seeds per ounce: 100-130
Ounces per square foot: .08
Minimum legal germination rate: 70%
Seed spacing (inches): 6
Germination type:

Short Germinating seeds

 

Notes
Bush beans are around 2 feet tall and 1 foot wide. Bush Beans do not need to be staked. They grow faster than pole beans, providing you with an earlier harvest.

They are generally picked young and tender, way before the seeds inside have fully developed. Most hybrid varieties have been bred to have string-less pods, but many gardeners prefer the flavor of the old-fashioned 'string' types.

 

     

Planting

     
In garden spacing (inches): 6  
In flat spacing (inches): 1  
Planting depth (inches): 1
Maxiumum number of plants per square foot: 6
Nutrient relationship: Heavy Giver of Nitrogen
   

Harvest

 

Days to maturity: 56
Harvesting period (days): 84
Minimum yields in pounds /square foot: .08
   
     

Cultural

Diseases: Angular Leaf Spot (fungal disease) can be a problem in damp conditions. Less common diseases such as Anthracnose, mosaic virus and bacterial blight can occur.
Insect pests:(Insect Pest Finder) Bean Aphid, Bean Leaf Beetle, Bean Weevil, Japanese Beetle, Limabean Pod Borer, Longtailed Mealybug, Mexican Bean Beetle, Mexican Bean Beetle, Pea Aphid, Slugs and Snails
   

Varieties

'Bush Romano' 56 days
'Contender' 55 days
'Daytona' 54 days
'Delinel' 56 days
'Derby' 53 days
'Gator Green' 53 days.

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