Rainbow beans

Dwarf beans are a super productive vegie to grow at home. They don’t take up too much space and can be grown in a vegie patch or pots, so patio, veranda and balcony gardeners can still enjoy home grown beans.

New Yates® Dwarf Bean Tricolour Mix produces a colourful blend of gold, royal purple and deep green bean pods, which are very attractive and turn a meal into a visual feast.

Here’s your easy dwarf bean sowing and growing guide:

Sow Yates Dwarf Bean Tricolour Mix seeds 25 mm deep, direct where they are to grow, in a sunny vegie patch with well-drained soil that’s been enriched with some Yates
Dynamic Lifter® Soil Improver & Plant Fertiliser. Alternatively, seeds can be sown into 30 cm or larger diameter pots filled with good quality potting mix like Yates Premium Potting Mix.
Keep the soil or potting mix only just moist.
Avoid overwatering as seeds can rot before germinating.
Seedlings should pop up in around 7-10 days.
To encourage a great harvest, as soon as the seedlings are established start feeding each week with Yates Thrive® Flower & Fruit Soluble Fertiliser, which is boosted with extra potassium which promotes flowering and bean pod development.
Water plants regularly to keep the soil moist.
Dwarf (bush) beans do not require a trellis to climb on, but if long tendrils appear,
particularly during prolonged cloudy weather, trim these to maintain a bushy habit.
Beans can start to be picked 8 – 10 weeks after sowing.
Regular picking will help promote a longer harvest season.