Q&A for How to Grow Kidney Beans

If you are talking about how long it will take for the beans to sprout, it will take 6-8 days if the beans are not soaked in water and 2-4 days if they are.

It depends on the pod. Most pods tend to have between 6 and 7 beans.

Yes, but make a small hole in the bottom, and make sure the glass is a bit sturdy. The glass should be big for the roots.

It takes 50-55 days for bush beans to mature for harvesting and pole beans take about 50-60 days to mature for harvesting.

The soil becomes sticky, making it difficult for the roots to grow.

The beans should soak in boiling water for at least 10 minutes prior to consuming them, but you may choose to soak them longer.

It's usually best to hand-pick the weeds. Poison can have a negative effect on the beans and the plant.

I always start some by just putting some beans in water and letting them soak until I see the little tail like sprout coming out of them. Then I stick them them in some dirt, either ground or container and keep them well watered after that. They fall in the 'full sun' category of plants.

No, only plant when it is warm. You should plant in the spring when there is a lot of sunlight.

Kidney beans do best in USDA growing zones 4 and warmer with temps between 65-80 F (18-26 C) for most of their growing season. They don't do well transplanted, so it's best to direct sow them in the spring after the last frost date for your area.

Raw kidney beans and their sprouts are poisonous. Kidney beans should only be consumed after they have soaked and cooked in boiling water for at least 10 minutes.

Never, it will be waterlogged and the roots will fail, and the plants might die.

It depends on the pod. Most pods tend to have between 6 and 7 beans.

Each seed grows at a different rate. I think it will take about 2-3 days. It takes about 4-5 days for the roots to develop almost fully.

Yes, but you will need to water it with a watering can until the rain season starts. If you don't already, it helps to watch the Weather Channel so you know when it's safe to water your bean plant to avoid drowning it.

It takes 50-55 days for bush beans to mature for harvesting and pole beans take about 50-60 days to mature for harvesting.

Yes, you can but keep watering them every time the soil is dry. Just keep an eye on the humidity of the sky as well.

It takes about 14 to 15 weeks for the bean pods to appear. Or 95 to 100 days.

Plant the bean with the sprout upright. The sprout is the little tail you see grow out of the bean after being left in water for 3-4 days.

In wet conditions the soil becomes waterlogged, which leads to root rot. Avoid growing the kidney bean plant in wet conditions.

Apply 1 cup of 5-10-10 analysis fertilizer per 50-foot row, then till the compost and fertilizer into the top 6 inches of the soil. Plant the red kidney bean seeds 1 to 1 ½ inches deep, spacing them 10 inches apart in the row. Space the rows 3 feet apart.

No, it doesn't need anything. If you want to sprout the bean, get a Ziploc bag and a circle cotton pad, put the cotton inside the Ziploc bag and put the bean on top of the cotton. Then cover the top with another cotton pad. It will sprout in 2 or 1 day. When it sprouts, get soil and dig a little hole, put the bean inside and cover the top and water it. Put it in a sunny place where it can get sun don't over water the plant.