- Enjoy planting companions
The green bean is a pretty accommodating plant and gets along with just about everything else. The only plants you should not plant near are members of the allium family such as onions, garlic, leeks and green onions. The allium family can inhibit or stunt the growth of green beans. - Place a net or just a string on top of your green bean seeds.
Birds are known to pull out new, young shoots. If you simply tie a string just 3-5cm above the row of young shoots, it will stop the birds from pulling them up. Once the beans are a few centimetres tall, you can remove the string. - Check if your green beans are a climbing or bushy variety
The seed packet should tell you if it is a climbing variety or a bush. Dwarf beans do not need a support system and are quite bushy and lower to the ground. Rowing beans, i.e. climbers, send out runners and need something to climb on. You can use a post, a fence, or even run strands of string or wire between two posts to create a mesh system. Once the runners start growing, you need to give the plants something to climb on. They will not grow if they do not have their support system. After you put your climbing frames in place, beans grow very quickly overnight.
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