Bean 'Dwarf french'

French beans should never be planted if the soil is wet and cold. Never pour water in the drill at sowing time.

Dwarf french likes a position of full sun and remember to water moderately. Keep in mind when planting that Dwarf french is thought of as tender, so remember to ensure that temperatures are mild before moving outdoors. Try to keep the ph of your soil between the range of 6.0 and 6.8 as Dwarf french likes to be in weakly acidic soil.

Aim to sow 1.95 inches (5.0 cm) deep and try to ensure a gap of at least 3.9 inches (10.0 cm). Soil temperature should be kept higher than 16°C / 61°F to ensure good germination.

By our calculations, you should look at sowing Dwarf french about 14 days after your last frost date.

Keep watered and watch for shield bugs and green caterpillars. For a continuous crop, plant more seeds as soon as the previous planting starts to flower.

Ensure that temperatures are mild and all chance of frost has passed before planting out, as Dwarf french is a tender plant.

This variety tends to be ready for harvesting by mid summer.

The species name vulgaris is from the Latin vulgus (“the multitude, the masses”) +‎ -āris, and means “common”, “usual”, or “commonly known” ¹.

French runner, French runner bean

French Snap bean, French Half-Runner bean, Dwarf Haricots verts

¹ Wiktionary entry for vulgaris