Whether you grow them as French beans, Haricot ,Flageolet or Borlotti all these beans are started in the same way but with such a diverse range of sizes and tastes there is bound to be one that fits in with your growing system
With beans they do benefit from companion planting and Summer savory is a fantastic herb to grow with then and also a perfect culinary companion
This film covers when to sow Cougette,which are also called Zucchini Squash and Pumpkins and why sowing to early leads to weaker less productive plants.
These are the varieties that over the years I have found have the best taste and store well
Courgette Rugosa Friulana
Courgette Tondo di Piacenza Emilia Romagna Round courgette can be stuffed and baked
Winter squash
Sweet Dumpling small can be baked whole has taste similar to sweet potato
Blue kuri and Red Kuri Small medium stores well nice nutty taste
Marina di Chioggia Medium to large
Musquee de Provence Large stores well
Once there ready to plant out a great space saving way is
Courgettes on your compost heap or they are fantastic in
Runner beans are still the most popular climbing beans that are grown in the UK and do give a great return on space,the best tasting one in my opinion is still ‘Scarlet Emperor’ which would be worth growing for it amazing flower.For best results with runner beans they need a warm soil so great to start then early in rootrainers
This film shows how you can utilize the hot bed concept for seed germination which is especially useful if you have a pollytunnel or greenhouse with no electricity we use a one ton bag but you could just as easily use pallets.
If you would more information on Hotbeds I have compiled a resource post which contains all my films on hotbeds, just click the link below