🌿 Pole Beans Growing Season in India

Pole beans can be grown throughout the year in 3 main seasons:

✅ Kharif: June – July

✅ Rabi: October – November

✅ Summer: February – March

📌 Pole beans grow best in warm, sunny weather, but avoid extreme heat above 35°C (flower drop risk).

🌱 How to Grow Pole Beans (Complete Guide)

✅ Best Method: Direct Sowing

Pole beans do not like transplanting, so always sow them directly in grow bags or pots.

🪴 Ideal Pot / Grow Bag Size

✅ Best grow bags: 36–60 cm (wide & deep)

➡️ (Approximately 12–24 inch size)

✔ Bigger grow bag = stronger vines + more pods.

🌡 Germination Temperature & Time

✅ Germination Temp: 18–26°C

✅ Germination Time: 7–14 days

🌾 Pole Beans Seeds Sowing Method

1. Fill pot/grow bag with good sowing medium
   
2. Sow 1–2 seeds per pot
   
3. Depth: 2–2.5 cm
   
4. Spacing between seeds: 5–8 cm
   
5. Water deeply using shower flow (watering can)
   

✅ Keep the pot in a sunny spot for germination.

🧱 Support Requirement (Very Important)

Pole beans are climbing vines and can grow:

📏 300–450 cm (10–15 feet) tall

✅ Give at least 180 cm (6 feet) support like:

• Bamboo sticks
  
• Trellis
  
• Tepee structure
  

💧 Pole Beans Plant Care

✅ Watering

Pole beans are thirsty plants

✔ Keep soil consistently moist

✔ Water when top soil feels dry

🌿 Soil

✅ Best soil: Well-draining + fertile

Mix suggestion:

• Garden soil + compost/vermicompost + cocopeat/sand
  

☀ Sunlight

✅ Needs 6–8 hours of direct sunlight daily

🌡 Temperature for Best Growth

✅ Ideal: 10–27°C

⛔ Above 35°C → Flower drop may happen

🌱 Fertilizer Schedule

Pole beans fix nitrogen in soil, so heavy feeding not required.

✅ After 25–30 days, apply:

• Vermicompost
  
• Neem cake
  
• Mustard cake
  
  (Any organic manure works)
  

🐛 Common Pests & Control

Common pests:

• Black bean aphids
  
• Slugs/snails
  

✅ Best solution:

🌿 Spray Neem oil weekly if needed.

🕊 Bird protection: cover with netting if birds damage buds and pods.

🌾 Weeding

✅ Keep soil weed-free with regular weeding.

🌸 Flowering Time

✅ Pole beans start flowering in:

⏱️ 30–35 days after sowing

✔ Self-pollinated → no extra pollination required.

🥬 Harvesting Time

✅ First harvest:

⏱️ 45–65 days after sowing

✅ Harvest when pods are:

✔ ~10 cm long

✔ Firm & medium-sized

✂️ Always cut with scissors/knife

❌ Do not pull hard (can damage vine)

✅ Harvest continues for several weeks with regular picking