Italian bush beans have long , flat cod and are sometimes called flat noodle . There are several variety , including Roma , which has bright green fuel pod , and Rose , which has red - and - lily-white stippled pods . They are appreciate for their rich , robust snap bean flavor , and they are also suitable for preserving either by freezing or canning . Bush beans are a lovesome - season craw , producing a bountiful harvest throughout the summer and into fall . Plant Italian bush bean when all risk of spring frost has passed .
Step 1
Apply a 2 - inch stratum of compost over a well - draining garden bed that is in full sunlight . Till the compost into the top 6 to 8 inches of soil with a hoe or a might cultivator .
Step 2
Sow Italian bush bean seeds 1 inch deep , spacing them 2 inches apart in the row . Space rows 2 to 3 feet apart .
Step 3
Water immediately after planting to moisten the land . go forward to irrigate once per week , providing about 1 inch of water to each plant .
Step 4
Mulch around the bean plant life after they explicate their 2nd set of true leaves , which is usually the third solidification of leaves they organise . Apply a 2 - column inch layer of constitutional mulch such as drinking straw or bark to prevent weed development and preserve wet in the grime .
Step 5
audit the undersides of the leaves for speck or aphid plague . Mites are hard to see , but they leave behind webbing or damage the leave of absence . Aphids are immature , blanched or brown insects that cluster on the leaf . Rinse them off with a nebuliser of water , or treat with an insecticidal soap .
Step 6
reap the Italian bean pods when the pod are long but at bill colouration for the specific motley . seeded player should be just beginning to take form inwardly , so the pods are still flat . photograph them off from the works but deflect yanking the pod , which may damage the works .
Tip
Harvest attic as soon as they ripen to encourage further pod organization . Italian beans rarely call for any impregnation to flourish .
Warning
harvest time pod only when the plant is dry , otherwise you may spread disease among the George Walker Bush beans . keep off getting moisture on the leaves when watering the plant . moisture leave lead to fungus and disease .
