Penn State University Libraries - Beans

• Beans Gardening Guide (National Gardening Association)

- Getting Started - Wide Row Planting for Beans - Caring for & Harvesting Beans - Preserving Beans 

• AZ Master Gardener Manual : Beans (Arizona Cooperative Extension)

Arizona Cooperative Extension provides information about beans' environmental preferences,cultural practices and common problems in planting beans, and harvesting and storage methods 

• Bean Family (Gardener's Network)

The Gardener's Network provides information about varieties, days to maturity, sowing, insects and pets, and diseases in growing beans (green beans, yellow beans, lima beans, shell beans, fava beans, and blackeye pea). 

• Bean Q & A (Texas A&M University)

This Texas A&M University page lists frequently asked questions and answers regarding bean gardening. 

• Bean Sprouts and Other Vegetable Seed Sprouts (North Carolina State University Horticulture Information Leaflets)

North Carolina State University Horticulture Information Leaflets suggests procedures for sprout preparation. 

• Beans (Home and Gardening Series of University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service)

University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension provides well-organized bean gardening information. The information includes 1) environment, 2) cultural practices, 3) planting time, 4) spacing and depth of planting, 5) care tips, 6) harvesting, 7) common problems such as insects and disease, and 8) frequently asked questions. 

• Beans (Mississippi State University Extension Service)

Mississippi State University Extension Service provides general information about beans and suggests beans varieties for gardening. 

• Beans (the University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, UF/IFAS)

UF/IFAS provides bean planting information for home gardeners as well as farmers in Florida. 

• Beans (UC Davis, Vegetable Research and Information Center)

Vegetable Research and Information Center provides information about snap bean production in California, home gardening for beans, integrated pest management for beans, and postharvest.  

• Beans (Virginia Cooperative Extension)

Virginia Cooperative Extension Service provides general information for bean gardening. The information includes environmental preferences, culture, cultural practices, common problems, and harvesting and storage. 

• Bush and Pole-type Snap Beans (Clemson University Extension Service)

The Home & Garden Information Center at Clemson University offers bush and pole-type bean gardening information including planting dates, fertilizing, watering, and so forth.  

• Green Beans (Cyber-North.com)

This page describes soil preparation, planting, varieties, diseases, and harvesting.  

• Green Beans in Vegetable Dictionary (University of Illinois Extension)

The Vegetable Dictionary of the University of Illinois Extension briefly introduces green bean's history and origin, green bean-planting, seeding, and harvesting processes.

• Growing Beans in the Home Vegetable Garden (Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service)

This file provides bean gardening information. The information includes site selection, fertilization, planting, watering, weed control, and bean types. 

• Growing Garden Beans (Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences Cooperative Extension)

Penn State Extension Service provides beans culture and varieties for the home gardener. 

• Growing Peas and Snap Beans in the Home Garden (Ohio State University Extension Fact Sheet)

This Fact Sheet provides pea and snap beans gardening information about types of peas and beans, planting requirements, fertilization, cultural practices, and harvest and handling. 

• Growing Snap Beans in the Home Garden (Horticulture and Home Pest News in Iowa State University)

This site describes snap bean varieties - bush green beans, wax bush beans, and pole beans- for Iowa and briefly shows how to grow snap beans in the home garden. 

• Home Garden Beans / Vegetable Soybean (University of Hawaii at Manoa Cooperative Extension Service)

This file describes varieties, preparing the soil, fertilizer application, planting, irrigation, insect pest management, and harvest information for beans gardening.  

• Pole Beans / Bush Beans Growing Guide (ExploreCornell)

This page provides information about plant characteristics, growing information, and varieties.

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