Bean Beans: Growing and Care

String beans are a welcome guest on our table. They love her not only for excellent taste qualities, but also for usefulness. Beans of this type contain a large number of vitamins C, B1, B2, provitamin A, as well as calcium, iron and phosphorus salts. It is worth noting and the fact that the string bean contains vegetable protein, lekgotvoyayemy human body, and the composition is similar to the protein of meat.

How to grow a string bean

Came to us this vegetable from Central and South America. While Americans were using the green beans for food, the Russians learned about it only at the end of the 16th century, but also fell in love very quickly. About how to grow beans at home, experienced truck farmers know for sure, but newcomers some doubt whether they will be able to harvest a good harvest. I can not answer for the quantity of the crop, as much will depend not only on you, but also on weather conditions, since the string beans require a sufficient amount of light and heat.

String beans cultivation loves caring, though not so capricious as many other vegetables.

First of all, you need to prepare the soil. During its digging, a gram of fifty ammonium nitrate, the same amount of superphosphate and potassium salt (the amount is indicated per 1 sq.m.) should be added. Ideally, it is good to plant asparagus beans in the place where potatoes or roots were grown before it. The neighborhood of peas, onions and garlic will be undesirable.

Decide on the choice of variety. Personally on my own, I want to advise the Sachs variety, since it ripens quickly enough, and is also resistant to a large number of diseases. You can turn your attention to the Triumph Sugar Crust variety. He enjoys special popularity in the European part of Russia.

Before planting seeds soak, and then sow at a distance of 12 cm between plants and 25 cm between rows. It is best to put two seeds in each hole, and leave the strongest after the shoots. The first shoots will already appear about a week later. Note that the string beans, which usually grow in the second half of May or the end of September, love warmth, so they should start planting only if the slightest frost does not show their existence. The optimum temperature for the germination of such a vegetable is 20-23C. But if the weather in your region is capricious enough, then you can put the asparagus beans under film as you do with cucumbers.

Beans - growing and grooming

So, the beans are planted, the first shoots appeared, which quickly begin to grow. Make sure that the vegetables do not crush the grass, that is, we need to carry out weeding in a timely manner. If you chose a curly variety, you will have to build special structures for which it will cling and reach for the sun. Be careful that the asparagus beans do not dry out. Especially beans need watering in a dry summer. The lack of moisture has a very negative effect on the amount of harvest, which can later be collected.

Note that the string beans, the cultivation of which you already know, is consumed only after heat treatment. In its fresh form, it contains poisonous substances that are completely destroyed only after exposure to high temperature. Usually, beans are first boiled, and then they make a variety of dishes from it. The easiest way to cook it delicious, it's just fry in a pan with onions, adding salt, seasonings and sour cream to taste. Make from string beans and delicious salads, and even bake it in the oven. In general, if you decide to grow this vegetable, then you will not regret about it, since the green beans you will always find use.