Today’s video looks at bush beans, also called dwarf beans, and why they are such a fantastic summer crop for the garden. I outline all of the key benefits they offer, and why I am growing even more of them this growing season in my no-dig vegetable garden! One great benefit is how quick their turnaround is, so June is the perfect month to continue sowing this crop which I think is one of the most useful vegetables we can grow as gardeners.
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As a first time gardener, my very first vegetable harvest of anything ever was five delicious bean pods – yesterday! I've been surprised at how easily they grow compared to everything else. Not so long ago, I remember thinking, "Why did I even plant these?" Beans seem so boring and I wasn't expecting to get so many plants out of them – but they pretty much all germinated. I'm singing a different tune today. If it weren't for my beans I wouldn't have my first harvest, so far ahead of everything else, which is encouragement I really needed. They tasted nice, too.
Beans are a very satisfying crop! The seeds are generally larger and easier to handle. And beans provide good, filling protein when eaten. They make a great investment crop, as saving the seeds is quite easy. We grow beans (both pole and bush) as a staple to get us through the winters in Iowa, planting around 20 types each year in our home garden. We use some beans as the season progresses, and dry most to use later, both as a food and as seeds for the next season's crop.
Thank you, Huw, for pointing out how gap planting can work!
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Hi Huw, I totally agree. Last year I was originally going to sow 100 through the year, but I sowed twice that. I'm in the south of England and managed to take advantage of the longer season and when we had bad blight in the area, instead of mucking around with my blighted tomatoes, I cut my losses and ripped out all my Tomatoes and filled the Greenhouse, Polytunnels and a coldfame with them. I just managed to harvest all of them as the first frosts came. I had some fresh, gave some away and froze a lot. I find Dwarf French beans a lot easier than the other beans, less pest trouble and even if I like the taste of Broad beans and runner beans better, it's so reliable and productive for its size. I still grow all the other beans, but last year made me really appreciate the Dwarf French bean as a staple in my garden. All the best John
nice video huw
How do you prepare these kinds of beans to eat?
I could never eat bought beans, found them disgusting. But absolutely love home grown bush and climbing beans – growing my own opened up a whole new world of flavour!
Thanks
Love the idea of putting bush beans at the feet if climbing ones.
Thank you for reminding me to plant bush beans in those spaces. My climate is very hot already here in June. I'm growing okra in a couple of beds and I think the bush beans would do great underneath.
What gets our plants is our heat index. Mostly at this time of year I only plant southern peas and okra.
Thank you for the advice. I just went out and intercropped some bush beans according to your advice.
Anyone know if these are roquencourt? I have a pack of those I was thinking of popping into a gap left after carrots…
Great advice Huw, popping the bush beans in wherever there is a gap. I eat a lot of dried beans so this year grew borlotti bush beans, and let my climbers 'go to seed' when I"d had my fill of green beans, fresh, freezer and chutney.
That are so much better than runner beans
great video Huw! can you recommend some good varieties please im in Ireland zone 8b. cheers!
I’m going to look for the seeds in the USA hopefully I find them.
Looks like they are only sold in the UK:(
We love bush beans and we plant a border of bush beans around the edges of every raised bed ….here in zone 7 ….we also get at least 3 sowings ! I usally can hundreds of pints of green beans a yr just from our simple bush bean borders around our 18 raised beds .
I will follow this example and see what I think. I like the idea I’ve been popping in flowers and herbs in the same way. I know replying to all the comments is impossible, but when planting in plug trays before putting out is it still a good idea to use an inoculant? I’m putting in a brand new garden and was limited on how much compost I was able to incorporate so the more I can add the the soil with nitrogen fixing bacteria the better.
I never heard them called dwarf beans..same as Bush???
Yay! I'm just about to put the beans on tomorrow! Serendipity!
ah you missed that they are nitrogen fixers for your soil too.
My bush beans barely germinated last year so I’m nervous to sow them now, but I will give it a go later on this week. Thanks for the nudge! Do you have a video where you show the harvest of different kinds of beans and what to do with them after? Which ones to dry or eat fresh?
I haven’t managed to germinate any dwarf beans , I bought a new packet of seeds but still no joy, well as it’s not too late I’m going to give them another try. So fingers crossed it works, I have no trouble with French or any other tall bean , but I’ve never managed bush beans and I don’t know why.