Beans germination

The beans are also known as French beans. Beans are on e of those vegetables which grow long. Especially it  grows in winter.  It has many colors like Black beans, Pink beans and Yellow wax beans. Almost all the varieties of beans can be available year around across the world.

Biennials are sown like half hardy annuals or perennials in spring or fall and planted out in September and October. Winter annuals such as some Californian and desert plants may be grown in summer, but are at their best sown in fall, even if grown in the greenhouse in cold winter areas.


GERMINATION

Beans are one of those  vegetables which grows very fast all the season. Most vegetables are indifferent to whether they have light or darkness when germinating. Its seeds are very sensitive, it can be sowed directed to the soil.



Choose a field where you want to sow your seeds. Or you can make on seedling tray.Dig  on  ground to make different row where the plants will grow well.

Dig one end of the row to the depth of your shovel, put that soil at the other end of the row, This way  the soil  will  be loosen . Dig the space next to that, putting the removed soil in the first space. Continue digging down the row  for  loosening the soil at the bottom of each hole , until you put the first soil you removed in the other end of the row.  This process is known as double digging. Do this in an area of the vegetable garden that receives full sun when it is dry enough to work in the spring. Let the soil rest for a few weeks.

Sow the bean seeds six inches apart and 1 inch deep, slightly less if you have clay soil.Use three seeds for one plant. Sprinkle  water very lightly and carefully on the seeds keeping the soil moist, but not soggy until the green bean seeds germinate.Now wait for six to seven days for germination.




BENEFITS OF BEANS

1.Green beans contain excellent levels of vitamin-A, and health promoting flavoring poly phenolic antioxidants such as lute-in, zeaxanthin, and β -carotene in right amounts.

2.Raw fresh green beans, also called as snap beans or French beans, should be tender, long, stiff, but flexible and give snap sound when broken. Buy them from organic stores for their delicious beany flavor.

3.Fresh green beans are very low in calories (31 calories per 100 g of raw bean pods) and contain no saturated fat. Nevertheless, these lean pod vegetables are an excellent source of vitamins, minerals, and plant derived micro-nutrients.

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