When to plant green beans in Zone 6

In Zone 6, the last spring frost usually passes around April 21 and the first fall frost arrives around October 17, leaving about 179 frost-free days. The windows below are computed from those frost dates, with the same math the Dibble app uses.

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Planting windows for green beans in Zone 6

The harvest estimate counts 55 days to maturity, then a picking window of about 21 days. These windows use typical frost dates for Zone 6; Dibble pins them to your exact ZIP code.

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Bean (bush) in a Zone 6 season

Zone 6 gives about 179 frost-free days. Bean (bush) needs roughly 55 days from sowing. That leaves about 124 days of slack, so there is room for a late start or a second planting.

Sowing every 14 days, Zone 6 has room for about 9 plantings.

How to grow green beans

Sow beans directly a week after your last frost when soil is warm. Succession sow every 2 weeks for continuous harvest.

Companion plants

Good neighbors for Bean (bush):

Better kept apart:

Bean (bush) in other zones

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Dates are estimates based on typical frost dates for the zone. Your yard has its own microclimate, so use them as a starting point and adjust as you learn your space.