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How to sow and grow bush beans

This variety produces lots of tender green beans. They grow in bunches of 4 to 5 beans. Harvest when they're about 10 cm long: that's when they're tastiest.
Bush beans in the Planty Garden
Bush beans

What are bush beans?

Bush beans are the low, bushy version of the climbing pole beans that grow much taller. Like all beans, they are members of the legume family. 

Originally, the green bean comes from South America. Today, China is the world's largest producer of green beans.

Green beans are also known as string beans or French beans.  Besides the green green bean, there are many other varieties -like our pale yellow butter beans and the long thin Haricots Verts.
Linksonder: stambonen, rechtsonder: boterbonen
Linksonder: stambonen, rechtsonder: boterbonen

How do you sow and grow bush beans?

Bush beans are included in the free Planty Gardening app. Use it, and you'll get step-by-step guidance from seed to harvest.

Each plant goes through a number of stages - we call them levels. The app tells you exactly what to do at each level and checks in when your plants are ready for the next.

So you don't need to know how to grow beans before you start: the app takes you through every step.
 
But if you'd like to read more about those steps, here's what the process looks like:

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