Do I need to soak the beans before planting and how to do it?

It does not matter what kind of beans was chosen for cultivation on the plot. Even an inexperienced gardener planting and caring for this plant will not cause any difficulties.Although novice farmers may be worried about the need to soak the beans before planting and how to do it.

Before you start planting in open ground, it is important to choose the perfect variety for cultivation on a specific area. The latter characteristic divides the varieties of beans into several categories.

• Legume After full ripening of representatives of this variety, only ripe beans in the pods can be eaten. Popular varieties include: “Chocolate Girl”, “Dream”, “Ruby”, “Golden”.

• Asparagus The complete opposite of the previous type. In plants of this type, the edible fruit part is a green pod without large beans. Popular varieties: "Caramel", "Melody", "Fatima", "Oleniy Korol".

• Semi sugar. Variety of culture, which is considered a universal representative of the legume family. In the early stages of maturation, it is possible to use culture pods for cooking, and in the later periods, a fibrous layer is formed inside the horn, which must be disposed of before cooking. Common varieties: "Rant", "Indiana", "Minute".

Key indicators are the climatic zone, where the garden and the type of fruit.

Planting beans is a simple matter, but before you bury the beans in the ground, you need to process them, to carry out certain manipulations. First, the grain must be carefully examined and bruised, remove all sick, bitten by worms, black and irregularly shaped specimens. After that, to speed up the germination of seeds, the beans can be soaked in water. Since it has a rather hard shell and it will be difficult for young shoots to pierce it, the water will contribute to softening the skin. Wait for the emergence of seedlings is not necessary.

Soaking beans better at night, not to wait for them to become softer. The time spent in water should not exceed 15 hours, otherwise the seeds will spoil.

If it was not possible to soak the seeds before planting, immediately before sowing you can prepare them in another way. For this you need to pour the beans with hot water, not boiling water, but liquid with a maximum temperature of 70 degrees, no more, otherwise the seeds will cook and lose their ability to germinate. In the water you need to add a few manganese crystals, after which the beans should be planted immediately.

Not all farmers approve soaking, therefore, wondering if such manipulations should be carried out or not, the following factors should be taken into account:

• if planting will be carried out in spring in dry land, and watering at this moment is impossible, it is better not to soak the beans;
• if, according to weather forecasts, rain is foreseen soon, and there is confidence that the planting will take place before it starts, then you can soak the seeds and not water them after planting;
• it is necessary to soak when the landing time is missed, and you want to get the shoots as soon as possible;
• when planting in a large area, it is better not to soak the beans in the water - it is unlikely that you can water such areas, and from a lack of liquid, moist seeds can die quickly, especially if the weather is dry.

Any process in agricultural technology needs the right approach. Everywhere there are subtleties, the knowledge and use of which should lead to a positive result.

• Beans love the sun, warm. Therefore, it should be planted in a place that is well heated and well lit.
• The soil should be light, loose, pre-fertilized, with a well-established drainage system. For this, a moat is made in the soil that has not been sown, a nutrient medium (compost or humus) is laid in it, and then everything is covered with earth.
• Until the culture has blossomed, it is not necessary to water it too often. She will not survive waterlogging.But during flowering beans need to be watered regularly. Due to lack of moisture, the flowers can fall off, and the pods tied up to wither.
• To preserve moisture in the garden, soil is mulched with straw, and dry herbs will do.but. Hilling is another option to reduce the amount of watering. It is not necessary to spud sprouts and asparagus beans, however, if this procedure is still decided to be done, it should be carried out before the start of the bottom sheet.
• Normal growth and development of young beans is possible only if regular weeding, loosening of the soil and its feeding are carried out. When the shoot reaches 6-7 cm in height, the first loosening of the soil is carried out, the second - after the appearance of the first leaves. Periodically it is necessary to loosen the earth after rains and artificial watering. Nutrients are introduced 2-3 times per season.

How to germinate beans at home, see the following video.