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Dwarf Beans

8 years ago

Hey all,

I'm a total noob when it comes to gardening! My son has just brought home a dwarf bean from kinder and I really want to keep it alive. My questions are how much and how often do I water it? How much sun does it need and would it survive inside for a little bit or would that kill it? Any other advice would be helpful thank you...

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  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    Can you help us by saying where you are located? That is important to know when advising on care. For most of us in the northern hemisphere it is not a propitious time of year to be starting beans.

    if it is too cold to start introducing it to the outside you need a bigger pot, as much light as you can give it and fairly cool temperatures compared with normal indoor temps.

  • 8 years ago

    Hi, sorry im from north east victoria, Australia. Its fairly hot here averaging around 35 degree days.

  • 8 years ago

    Aha, so you are having hotter weather than I ever get here, even in mid summer. Do you have any outdoor space? Personally I'd 'harden off' (Google it) the bean seedling carefully and plant it in the ground. If you have no ground get a bigger pot.

  • 8 years ago

    Ditto the above. Planting outside would be preferable; but if that is not possible, then transplant the bean into a much larger pot, and keep it in a sunny location.

  • 8 years ago

    Ok so I did a little research on hardening them off. It suggeted to start of in a shaded area first - does that sound right? I've added a picture. Is that maybe too much shade or is that probably good to start off with until it gets use to my heat. Its currently 27 degrees today. I haven't planted it into a bigger pot yet, I need to go buy one

    Thank you for the advice you both are giving!

    Also does it look like it's wilting?

  • 8 years ago

    The shade looks good. And yes, it's wilting. Is it in a peat pot? They are notorious for wicking moisture away from the soil. Get it into another pot asap, even if it is eventually going in the ground. Meanwhile soak it thoroughly, pot and all.

  • 8 years ago

    So starting off do I only put it in this spot for a few hours a day till it gets use to the heat or in that shade will it be good the whole day? Didnt know what a peat pot was so looked it up but yes that's what it is. That's what the kindergarten grew the seeds in. They told us just to plant the pots in the ground with the plant still inside it or do you recommend taking it fully away from that pot? Thank you

  • 8 years ago

    Is it possible to bring back a bean plant once it's really wilted. I went away for the weekend so it went two days inside without being water.

  • 8 years ago

    Just soak it thoroughly and cross your fingers.

    Peat pots can be planted in the ground in theory but in practice they work very poorly. They sound like a good idea bu can dry out and the roots never manage to escape into the soil, especially if any of the pot is above soi level. Peel the pot off when you plant into soil for the best results.

    Google ‘hardening off’ for further info on that particular technique.

  • 8 years ago

    Thank you for all the advice. Somehow I managed to bring it back from the dead thank god :) I sat it in a bit of water in a bowl and that did the trick.

    Will transfer it into a bigger pot after new years. So are you meaning just peel some of the peat pot from the top or literally take it away all together?

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