Sowing French Bean Seeds in Root-Trainers

Posted on 03. Jun, 2010 by Tracey in How to Grow Veg

The best way I’ve found to grow Dwarf French, Climbing and Runner Beans are Root-Trainers.

What are Root-Trainers?

Root Trainers are deep plastic ridged cells which are excellent for sowing vegetables with a long root run or those that do not like disturbance to their roots when transplanting them to pots or raised bed.

Root Trainer Cells opened

What vegetables can I grow in Root Trainers?
You can grow anything in them but they are particularly very good for french, climbing, dwarf and runner beans, peas, leeks and onions grown from seed.

French Beans I’m Growing This Year are:

Gauk from The Heritage Seed Library (Garden Organic),
Minidor Yellow from The Real Seed Catalogue.

French Bean Sowing Details

Sow: April to June
Harvest: June to September
Weeks for Seedlings To Appear: 2 – 3 weeks

How To Grow Dwarf Beans from Seed – Video Slide-Show

Update on French Bean ‘Gauk‘ – 3 Weeks Growth:

Gauk French Beans

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