and for the complete replenishment of protein and energy for people involved in sports or hard work. To grow a good crop, it is important to know when to plant beans in open ground. Preparatory work
Beans are unpretentious to the quality of the soil, but you need to pay attention to some of the subtleties of cultivation of this crop, ranging from preparing for planting and ending with possible diseases of the legume culture. If you know in advance the nuances of cultivation and the period when it is right to plant beans in open ground, then the harvest will please with its abundance even novice gardeners.
Starting the preparatory work, it is necessary to determine how the beans will be planted in the soil. Planting is possible in two ways: seeds or pre-grown seedlings.
Before sowing seeds in any way, they should be prepared:
- Selection of "healthy" beans and removal of damaged ones.
- Soak before planting for at least 12 hours in room temperature water;
- Immediately before landing in the ground, the treatment of each bean with a solution of boric acid. It is prepared in proportion of 2 grams of acid per 10 liters of water.
Planting beans in open ground with seeds requires their pre-soaking. This is done as follows: the number of seeds required for planting is wrapped in any natural fabric, it is better if it is cotton. Then the beans, wrapped in cloth, are placed in a bowl and moistened with plenty of water. It is important to ensure that the seeds are always wet.
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Small sprouts appear in a few days. Such seeds are already suitable for planting in the ground. Already, when the beans are planted in the open ground, it remains only to wait for the harvest with proper care.
If waiting for the pods to appear for a long time is not included in the plans, then you can speed up their appearance by dropping out the bean seedlings. To obtain it, pre-germinated beans are planted in small pots or containers. There they will stay until germination.2-3 weeks after their appearance, seedlings are ready for planting in the ground.
Similarly, asparagus bean is planted in open ground.
Soil Requirements
The best bean crop will be on loose soil. Ideal if it is black soil. Growing beans in open field in Siberia is also possible, but it should be borne in mind that the yield of crops grown in clay and marshy soils is much worse.
The ability of beans to enrich the soil with oxygen is known. Often it is planted with such a purpose. Experts advise to choose a site for its disembarkation, based on what was growing on it earlier. The ideal predecessors of beans in the selected area are:
- tomatoes;
- potatoes;
- cucumbers;
- white cabbage.
Soil preparation before planting is also important.
Before lowering seeds into it, the soil should be enriched with oxygen. For this plot digs up, large clods of earth are loosened. In this state, it is left for a maximum of 3 days, after which the legumes are planted.
Climbing varieties of crops can be planted along fences and fences. Firstly, it saves space, and secondly it facilitates care for the culture.
Beans planting and care in the open field
If growing beans is something new, then do not worry about it. This is an unpretentious culture that requires minimal care. It is worth considering a few simple nuances of disembarkation and further care of the culture, so that later all winter you can enjoy bean dishes.
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Subtleties of planting
Beans are quite thermophilic culture, so it is recommended to plant them in open ground when it is already warm enough. For example, planting beans in open ground in the Moscow region is possible in late May or early June. At this time, the risk of freezing on the upper layers of the soil is already minimal and there is enough sunlight.
Experts recommend following the following scheme when planting a crop:
- observe the distance between rows within 40-50 centimeters;
- between seed holes must be at least 20 centimeters apart;
- the denser the soil, the less should be the depth of planting, and it should not exceed 5 centimeters.
Before putting seeds into the hole, the ground should be well moistened.
Beans will rise faster if you create a kind of greenhouse for it. To do this, simply cover the beds with polyethylene or other material that will transmit sunlight, and retain heat.
Caring for crops
Some specific care for bean sprouts is not required, but if you want to get a good harvest, you will need to make some efforts. What is important is timely watering, weeding and loosening the beds. It is important to provide air access to the roots of the plant. To do this, the soil should be regularly loosened and to prevent the formation of a dry crust on the surface of the earth.
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There are cases when diseases appear on the leaves of a plant. To exclude their distribution in the early stages, it is recommended to periodically inspect the leaves. Detection of diseases and pests in the early stages is the key to effective control of them.
Experienced growers know one little trick that attracts a large number of insects to the flowers of the bean during its flowering period. To do this, they spray the bushes of plants with sweet water or place containers along the bushes with sugar syrup or honey. This simple procedure helps to increase the crop yield several times.
Proper watering
. For beans, proper watering is very important. But it should not overdo it. It is enough to organize watering once a week. Before flowers appear on the bushes, the amount of water is calculated at the rate of 6 liters per 1 square meter.
During flowering and pod formation, the amount of water should be at least doubled. If watering is not enough, it can lead to the death of flowers and ovaries. Also, the lack of watering will be felt in the taste of the beans.
Undesirable and excess moisture. This leads to the active growth of leaves on the bushes and slows the growth and formation of pods, which in turn affects the yield.
For a long time, they have planted beans in open ground in Ukraine, Russia and other countries, and every year the methods of planting and growing are improved and improved. This helps ultimately to get a good harvest of this useful culture, from which you can prepare a lot of healthy and dietary dishes.
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