How do you grow sugar beans?

Answer 1

Green beans are heat-loving plants, so don't plant them until the soil has warmed up in the spring. They may sprout in cooler weather, but the plants will look yellow and stunted until it warms up.

First till up the spot where you plant them. When you are ready to plant them put the beans in water to soak for about 15 to 30 minutes to soften up the outer shell to make it easier for the bean to sprout.

Make a trench in the soil no more then an inch deep, then place the beans in the trench with about a 6-inch space in between.

Then lightly cover up the beans, do not pack the soil. Lightly water them every couple of days and in about a week you'll start to see sprouts popping through.

Tip: You may want to inoculate the beans with Rhizobia bacteria before planting them, especially if you're planting them in a sterile potting soil. Rhizobia form symbiotic colonies on the roots of beans and legumes, enabling the plants to pull nitrogen out of the atmosphere to fuel their growth. Even when Rhizobia are present in the soil, inoculating beans at planting can increase yields as much as 20%. Purchase inoculant from a garden supply store, place 1 tsp of the black powder in a jar lid, and dump moistened or soaked beans into the lid. Shake the lid around to coat the seeds with the powder, then plant as described above.

Answer 2

You can sprout any beans or alfalfa seeds, radish seeds etc.

Use a clear see through container (with a lid) such as a glass jar or there are special sprouting containers you can purchase from health stores, place about two teaspoons in the jar fill with water and soak beans for 12 hours, pour off the water, place jar of wet beans in a window (doesn't need to have direct sunlight on them) keep rinsing the beans one or two times a day (use a strainer or cheese cloth over the top so beans won't go down the drain) you should see sprouts within three to five days. Grow them until they are the desired size, these are very good to eat on salads or by themselves. Store them in your refrigerator in a zip lock baggie.

Answer 3

This is best answered with "maybe". Store bought beans can be very old, which decreases their ability to sprout (germinate). They may have been grown in a different region of the world, which doesn't match your growing area. This may make the variety's ability to produce usuable seed (dry beans) poor. Most dry beans need around 100 frost-free days to reach maturity (referred to as "dtm"; days to maturity). Finally, where they were grown, harvested, stored, etc. will also effect the beans ability to sprout and grow. The bean weavil, (a nasty bug), various diseases, can be hitching a ride inside the bean, which doesn't hurt you to eat, but may introduce problems in your garden before you even get growing.

It is always best to get your seed from a seed company, heirloom trading circles, a gardening neighbour, etc. Match your seed with your growing ability and conditions. There are thousands of bean varieties out there, the vast majority are "open-pollinated", meaning they will produce the exact same bean year after year. The usual white bean in the supermarket is Navy, Great Northern, Canada Pea-Bean, and is quite ordinary. Try running a photo search on "heirloom beans" and see the possibilities that are out there. There are short and long vined types, just about every colour under the rainbow, and varieties able to give you a crop just about anywhere.

Hope this helps!

Answer 4

To plant a sugar bean plant, you first need to get the seeds. Once you have them, you can plant them into some good soil and in a couple of days you will start to see sprouting.

Answer 5

Take a bean taht you can find at a local grocery store and then plant it and take care of it just like you would with a normal flower pot. :)

Answer 6

plant the seeds in soil

water them each day

wait till they grow