How to raise green beans

How to raise green beans

1. Growing Conditions

    a. Soil

·          Texture: Clay argillaceous contain lots of organic matter, aeration and good drainage.

·          Structure of loose soil

·          PH optimum 5.8 7.0 6.7

    b. Climate

·          Optimal rainfall 50-200 mm / month

·          The temperature of 25o - 27o C with air humidity 50-80% and getting enough sunlight.

2. Cultivation Technology

    a. Seed

·          Select high yielding varieties of green beans that have been proven by laboratory testing

Ø Choose seeds that have a high production

Ø Choose seeds that are resistant to pests & diseases

    b. Land Management

·          In the former wetland paddy cultivation is not done (TOT). Land preparation is best done before planting.

·          In light-textured soil tillage is not necessary.

·          On dry land (dry) conducted an intensive cultivation of land cleared of grass, hoe until crumbly (for severe dry land piracy carried out as deep as 15-20 cm), made map 3-4 m.

·          Land of moor former plant corn, soybeans or upland rice cultivation to a minimum.

·          Provision of straw mulch about 5 tonnes / ha in order to suppress weed growth, prevents water evaporation and soil structure improvement.

    c. Cultivation

·          Time Planting

Ø In the rice fields of green bean plants grown in the dry season after rice. Whereas in cultivated land at the beginning of the rainy season.

·          How to Plant

Ø The seed planted by drill, with a distance of 40 cm x 10 cm or 40 cm x 15 cm, each hole filled with 2 seeds.

    d. Fertilization

·          In the former wetland rice plants do not need fertilizing.

·          On dry land needed fertilizing with NPK.

·          On infertile soil fertilizer urea + 45 kg 45-90 kg TSP + 50 kg KCl / ha.

·          The addition of organic fertilizers such as compost, manure can increase water holding capacity in the soil.

    e. Irrigation

·          Plant green beans are relatively drought resistant, but still require irrigation especially in the critical period at the time of germination, before the flowering and pod formation.

    f. Weeding

·          Weeding done as early as possible because the green beans can not stand to compete with weeds. Weeding is done 2 times at 2 and 4 weeks.

    g. Controlling pests and diseases

        1. Pest

·          Pests which frequently attacks are agromyza phaseolli (bean fly) meruca testualitis, spidoptera sp, Plusia chalsites (caterpillar) and lice trips.

·          Pest control is done by using high yielding varieties are pest resistant.

·          Use of pesticides when the pests do not be controlled by biological means.

        2. Disease

·          Diseases green beans commonly found among other Scierotium rolfsii, Cercospora canescens (leaf spot).

·          Control is done by planting disease resistant varieties or by using a fungicide.

3. Harvest and Post harvest

    a. Harvest

·          Green beans are harvested in accordance with the old varieties, other signs that green beans are ready for the harvest is the pod color change from green to black or brown and dry. Delay in harvesting may lead to rupture when the field peas. Harvesting is done by plucking. Harvesting can be done one, two or three times depending on varieties. The distance between first and second harvests 3-5 days.

    b. Post-Harvest

·          Drying pods carried out for 2-3 days under the sun. Expenditure was done manually seed is beaten with wooden sticks. Expenditure carried out in bags or sacks to avoid yield loss. Seeds from the pod skin cleansing carried out by Tampi. Before the green beans stored in the sun again until it reaches the dry store the water content 80-10%.