Beans are the oldest vegetable crop on our planet; people have been eating them for more than 7 thousand years. The culture comes from Central and South America. Now there are a large number of varieties of beans, the healthiest being green beans.
Benefit
A healthy dietary product with a rich composition of vitamins and microelements. In terms of nutritional value, green beans are close to meat, so they can be a budget substitute. Manufacturers most often offer beans to customers in canned or frozen form. Fresh beans, especially those picked from your garden, are much healthier. Moreover, growing beans is a simple process and will not require significant effort from you.
Description
Among the varieties that Russian gardeners are successfully mastering, the Butter King asparagus bean is especially popular. The variety is an early ripening variety, it takes about 50 days from the emergence of seedlings to the start of fruiting. Butter King is a bush variety of asparagus bean, a compact plant, no more than 40 cm high. The plant is resistant to diseases and tolerates the lack of regular watering.
But if you follow simple agricultural practices, it gives a consistently high yield in the form of light yellow beans that grow up to 25 cm long. They do not contain a parchment layer or fibers. Even if you do not harvest the crop at the stage of milky ripeness, the quality will not suffer at all.The pods remain just as tender, without any stiffness or fibrousness. The taste of the Butter King variety is very pleasant, similar to the taste of young asparagus shoots. The fruits do not require long-term heat treatment; they can be canned and frozen.
Growing
The Oil King variety is grown in open ground. The seeds are sown in prepared soil at the end of May - beginning of June, since the plant is heat-loving. The soil temperature must be at least +15 degrees, and the threat of cold snaps and frosts must also pass.
For the northern regions, the seedling method of growing the Oil King variety is suitable. In mid-May, plant the seeds for seedlings in separate containers; peat pots are best. In a week, shoots will appear, and after 10 days the seedlings can be planted in open ground. Focus on the weather conditions of your climate zone. If the weather is cold, then it is better to hold off on planting young plants in the ground.
Bush beans grow best in light soils with plenty of pores that allow the air and water the plant needs to pass through to the roots. The oil king does not tolerate stagnation of water in the soil. Therefore, clay soils are not suitable for growing green beans.
The soil needs to be dug up and potassium-phosphorus fertilizers and fresh manure applied. By spring, organic matter and microelements will be in an easily accessible form, dissolved in the soil layer. Young plants cannot accept undecomposed organic matter, and high concentrations of microelements are harmful to sprouts and seedlings.
The Oil King variety is unpretentious in care. It will require watering, fertilizing and removal weed. Don't neglect feeding. The simplest and do not require financial costs: feeding with herbal infusion and slurry. For herbal infusion, use nettle, dandelion, wood lice, and bluegrass. Do not use horse sorrel, wheatgrass, or buttercup. They contain nutrients, but they contain substances that inhibit the growth of cultivated plants. Keep in mind that too frequent watering with herbal infusion leads to alkalization of the soil. Watering with slurry can be carried out an unlimited number of times.
Harvesting is the most enjoyable process for all gardeners. Pick the fruits of the Butter King variety as they ripen. The more often you pick, the more pods will set. Watch the video about growing beans:
Conclusion
Green beans are not a crop that will require your constant attention. Follow simple agricultural practices, and your family will be provided with a delicious and healthy product not only in the summer, but also in the cold winter months. The butter king does not change its taste either during freezing or preservation.
