Growing Green Beans in Containers | How to Grow Pole Beans in Pots

In this video I cover how to grow green beans in containers at home (specifically how to grow pole beans in containers, which are the tall 8-foot tall climbing bean variety, not the smaller dwarf variety).
Whether you call it growing French beans, string beans, Phaseolus vulgaris or stringless beans - this video applies to the climbing bean types & pole bean varieties of all the above. Runner beans are also similar enough that this video can apply to them too.
Growing green beans in containers, from seed, was a bit of a journey for me and I ran into my fair share of growing green beans problems - but I learned from all of these and share everything with you in this video so hopefully your journey will be easy. I made the mistakes so you don't have to!
T I M E S T A M P C O N T E N T M A P:
do green beans have seeds? Yes!
0:19 SEED-BUYING TIPS: Good places to buy bean seeds in the UK.
0:31 POLE BEAN SEEDS: What kind of seeds for growing green beans from seed?
0:34 POLE BEAN VARIETIES & TYPES I GREW: (Cobra, Yellow pole beans Kentucky Wonder Wax, Marvel of Venice, Purple Blauhilde, A Cosse Violette & Moonlight runner bean)
0:39 POLE BEAN SEEDS: What kind of seeds for growing green beans from seed? Factors to consider: Bean pod color (green, yellow or purple), stringlessness, yield, flavor, maturity times
1:06 MATURITY TIMES: Time from planting to picking differs for different beans, so check before planting.
1:30 HOW MANY BEAN PLANTS PER PERSON?
2:34 CHITTING: How to chit bean seeds
3:51 SEED PLANTING CONTAINERS: Green bean seeds planting, seed-starting indoors in deep root trainers, deep polypropylene Containerwise seed trays / propagation trays or cardboard kitchen roll paper towel tubes
4:38 SEED PLANTING PROCESS: How to plant green beans
(FAQ: How many green bean seeds per hole? 1 per hole)
4:52 BEAN SEED PLANTING DEPTH: How deep should you sow bean seeds?
5:27 SEEDLING GROWTH
5:45 HARDENING OFF: Ideal seedling size to start to harden off indoor-sown plants
6:12 IDEAL PLANT SIZE FOR TRANSPLANTING OUTDOORS
6:18 TIMING: Best time for pole beans - when to plant green beans
7:57 IDEAL PLANTING SITE & GROWING CONDITIONS
8:11 POLE BEANS TRELLIS: Pole bean trellis idea X-shaped bamboo pole wigwam - Creating a teepee for pole beans
8:15 POT / CONTAINER SIZE
8:39 POLE BEAN SPACING: how far apart should green beans be planted
10:12 MULCHING with Strulch
10:37 CLIMBING BEAN WINDING OBSERVATIONS
11:05 GREEN BEAN FLOWER, BUDS & FLOWERING
11:50 BEAN DEVELOPMENT Pole beans growing from baby beans to full-sized, fully mature beans
12:55 POLE BEANS PLANT MAINTENANCE: What to do when bean plant reaches top of climbing frame
13:30 PROBLEMS: growing green beans problems
13:37 PROBLEM 1: SUNSCALD / SUNBURN: White spots on bean leaves
14:11 PROBLEM 2: BUGS (blackfly & aphids)
14:56 COMPANION PLANTING: pole beans companion plants to help repel pests & insects
15:51 PROBLEM 3: YELLOWING LEAVES: Bean leaves going yellow due to watering issues eg overwatering
16:11 FERTILIZING GREEN BEANS: Should you fertilize bean plants with fertilizer?
17:22 WATERING: Ideal watering amount for bean plants: How moist should the soil be?
18:27 END OF SEASON: How do you know when the bean plant is done for the year?
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Music Credits:
- Dwarf Star by Freedom Trail Studio
- Holiday Brass Ensemble by Doug Maxwell Media Productions
- In Every Way by Freedom Trail Studio
- The Gift by Reed Matthius
- Redwood by Quincas Moreira
- In my Achy Heart by Audio Hertz
- 5-O July by Dan Lebowitz
- Called Upon by Silent Partner
- Lonely Troutman by William Rosati
- Seagull by Everet Almond
- Glen Canyon by Dan Lebowitz
- Heart Break by Vibe Tracks
- Night Vision by Bird Creek
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Thanks to all the amazing gardening youtube channels for teaching me and inspiring me to grow beans for the first time! Special thanks for the inspiration to Claire at ClairesAllotment, Kevin Espiritu at Epic Gardening, Gary Pilarchik at The Rusted Garden, Cali Kim at CaliKim29, Luke at Migardener, Lee at Project Diaries, GIY, Quickcrop, GrowVeg, Scott Head, Liz Zorab at Byther Farm, Charles Dowding, Tony at Simplify Gardening, Mark Valencia at Self Sufficient Me, Susan's In The Garden, OldAlabamaGardener, OrganicBackyardGardening , mhpgardener and Erica's little Welsh garden! Also thank you to all the amazing people on fb gardening & grow your own groups and forums that were always there on hand for support and to answer questions throughout the growing process :)

[@pd3396]

This is the best video on container pole beans that I’ve been fortunate to come across. So detailed and informational . Thank you very much. I only planted one pole bean/ pole ( 4 poles in a seven gallon container ) , thus placing 4 pole beans/container. After watching your awesome video, I’m going to plant 4 more pole beans/ container. I am sending your video to my daughter who is also a newbie in growing pole beans in containers on her deck. Thank you🙏🏻👩🏻‍🌾‼️

[@thanhthanhtran8506]

Very interesting 🎉

[@taquinhosdetudocomasol]

que legal seu Vídeo 💋🙏