Legumes are popular with many people, and white beans are especially prized for their versatility. It can be used to make soups, you can make salads with it, and it is also good when closed for the winter.

One of the best varieties of such beans is the Moscow White Green Bean 556. It rightfully got its place of honor in the garden among the rich variety of crops - representatives of the legume family. What advantages this variety has, as well as how to grow it correctly in order to get a good harvest, will be described in detail below.

Variety history

This bean variety was developed quite a long time ago at the Research Institute of Breeding and Seed Production as a vegetable crop by Russian scientists. Green beans Moscow white beans 556 have been cultivated since 1943 in the Central and Northwest regions.

Description and characteristics of the variety

How to plant beans

The description of the variety can begin with the fact that during its breeding, great emphasis was placed on the short summer period in the central part of Russia. This is necessary so that summer residents have time to collect the grown crop. Also, Moscow beans are particularly resistant to unexpected temperature changes and the fact that they are rarely exposed to various diseases.

Green beans Moscow white 556

This variety can be easily planted next to other crops, without fear that the bean whips will interfere with neighbors, the White Moscow Bean plant has a bush-like shape, and its height is only about 40 cm.This contributes to the convenience of harvesting, because from low bushes harvesting the fruit is much easier.

Has a bushy shape

This variety is mid-season, the fruits are ready to harvest in 65 days. It has the following characteristics:

  • Average branching of a bush form and an average amount of foliage;
  • The leaves are shiny, greenish-yellow;
  • Flowers are white;
  • The pods ripen curved, flat, with a semi-sweet taste;
  • The pod size is about 10cm.

Important information! This legume is grown for grain and as an asparagus variety. In the latter case, the pods are harvested at the stage of milk maturity, this happens 8 or 12 days after the ovaries were noticed.

The yield of beans Moscow white green-pod 556, based on average indicators, is from 1 to 1.5 kg per planted square meter, and when harvesting grain - 250 g for the same area.

Beans, which are known to have excellent taste, are successfully used in industrial preservation and cooking.

Growing

How to sprout beans

The area where you plan to grow beans must be very well lit. The soil is preferably loose and fertile.

Before planting beans, they are prepared by soaking them in water to make them swell. Moscow beans are planted at the same time when the cucumbers are planted, that is, at the end of May or at the very beginning of June. The planting scheme should be one-line or two-line, the seed planting depth should be 4-5 cm.

During the growing season, beans perform the following actions:

  • Weeding;
  • Loosening;
  • Watering.

In order to get a really good harvest when cultivating beans, it is necessary to water abundantly at least 4 times during the entire season of growing beans Moscow White Green-leaf 556. When the land is very scarce, it makes sense to apply fertilizers.Also, feeding beans may be necessary if the bushes suddenly slow down in development or turn yellow.

Growing beans

If you reread the reviews of some gardeners, you can conclude that feeding is not at all necessary, however, this is not true and should be taken seriously, as this greatly affects the crop yield. How to feed beans:

  • Overripe cow cakes (by no means fresh) work very well for fertilizing beans. Together with saltpeter, they provide an opportunity for an increase in vegetative mass, the plant becomes healthy in appearance. Also, do not forget about the ovaries;
  • Potassium humate is the main constituent and the main active ingredient that stimulates the growth of culture. There are fertilizers of this type for the growth of vegetative mass, for flowers and ovaries, as well as for increasing yields;
  • Nitroammophoska is used in very small proportions.

Additional Information. Beans of this variety do not need tying and are rarely affected by diseases such as bacteriosis or mantracnosis.

When growing this kind of beans, you can harvest the shoulder blades many times, every three days for a month. Large blades are no longer suitable for use in food, so smaller beans are harvested. The fruits of full ripeness are taken for the grain.

Beans respond very well to heat and sufficient moisture. Despite the fact that the period of its ripening is 65 days from the moment of planting, there are ways, applying which in practice, you can get the harvest of this variety two weeks earlier. To achieve this goal, after sowing the beans, cover the bed with spunbond. Young shoots are thus protected from unexpected weather surprises and the harvest is harvested earlier than usual.

You can water as well as fertilize the beans directly through the canvas laid on the beds. This will help to retain and retain water longer, then the watering process can be carried out much less frequently.

Important! It is necessary to water Moscow beans very abundantly, namely 10 liters per square meter. In this case, the culture will grow together, and it will take less time to grow.

Doesn't need tying

Gardeners who grow beans in their personal plot distinguish the following features:

  • Beans are a plant that loves warmth, so the so-called return frosts can greatly harm it. Beans of this variety are unpretentious. For use in pods, it ripens by mid-July and is capable of bearing fruit for a long time;
  • An interesting way to grow beans is to plant them together with potatoes. Bean seeds are placed in the same hole as the planted tubers. In such a case, the economy of the territory of the summer cottage is applied, because two crops are planted on one bed. It also saves the time of the gardener when caring for plants and his strength. This is also done in order to scare away the wireworm from planting potatoes with the help of beans;
  • This type of beans has a good yield and, what is especially important, a stable yield. With properly organized care, pest and disease damage is minimal, but still such a possibility exists.

Pests and diseases

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In most of the known cases, Moscow White Bean 556 is not affected by pests or diseases, but it is still worth knowing what to do if they appear.

If the plant is damaged, then it may be slugs. Prevention can act as an effective way to solve this problem, namely, timely weeding of weeds in close proximity to the crop.

When the slugs have already appeared, they are manually removed, which is considered the most effective method. Stones and other objects are the places where slugs accumulate.Some summer residents, in order to facilitate the detection of the pest and its easier removal, leave their household equipment on the beds. Slugs love to climb on it, stick around in large quantities, it remains only to collect them.

Slug pests

If suddenly the beans turned out to be infected with viruses or fungi, then preparations containing copper come to the aid of the gardener.

Harvest

The timing of harvesting directly depends on the purpose for which the grown beans are planned to be used. Asparagus beans, which have their name due to their similarity in cooked form to asparagus, are not left in the garden until they have dried significantly, because their value as a product may come to naught. It is used in green form and as a whole, that is, and pods.

If you plan to use this variety of beans for canning, you need to harvest the fruits earlier than usual. When they want to store the fruits for the winter, you will need to wait until the pods turn yellow and become slightly open. It is important not to trace this moment, otherwise the beans will be on the ground.

The ripeness of Moscow White Green Bean 556 is determined by breaking the pod, and if this break is even, and there are no fibers along the edges, you can harvest.

The wrong decision would be to collect the entire crop at one time, because the pods reach maturity gradually, therefore, it is necessary to harvest in several stages.

Maturity and yield

To facilitate the process of removing the beans from the pods, sometimes they resort to what is called "sticking". It consists in the fact that the beans are laid on a fabric, for example, a blanket and covered with something similar on top. Then they do not tap very hard with a stick so that at least some of the grains pop out of the pods.

Beneficial features

Beans are an aid in the treatment of a number of lung diseases, and these diseases can even be tuberculosis. Also, culture is useful for rheumatism and diabetes mellitus.

Bean has a high content of essential fiber, vitamins, pectins. For those who want to gain muscle mass in a short time, it is recommended to include beans in the daily diet.

Advantages and disadvantages

It is customary to refer to the advantages of the bean variety Moscow white green-pod 556:

  • The variety has a good yield;
  • High palatability;
  • Good commercial qualities;
  • Resistant to most types of diseases and pests;
  • Average ripening time;
  • Low, comfortable bush;
  • Doesn't require painstaking care.

No critical shortcomings of this bean variety have been identified at the moment.

Growing beans Moscow White Green-Bean 556 is a simple and profitable business. Rich in many essential substances and properties, beans of this variety are simply indispensable for a healthy diet for every family.