How to Grow Mother Stallard Beans on a Pole

Wait until frost danger passes for your area to plant Mother Stallard. In the meantime, prepare the ground for planting by turning over the soil with a shovel and removing rocks, weeds and debris from the planting site. Rake the soil smooth with a garden rake to remove hills and valleys.

Make a furrow 1 inch deep and lay bean seeds 4 to 6 inches apart in the furrow. Cover over the furrow with soil. If planting additional rows, leave 36 inches between them.

Water the soil to wet it, but don't waterlog the soil or the Mother Stallard bean seeds can crack.

Insert one garden stake or pole beside each bean plant so the plant can climb up the pole. Sink the stake 4 to 6 inches into the soil so it has a firm base of support.

Weed the bean patch often. Beans have shallow roots and so need frequent weeding to eliminate competition for resources.

Fertilize the beans using a balanced fertilizer. Apply the right dose range for your size garden, sprinkling the dry fertilizer around the base of the plant and watering the soil to work it in.

Harvest beans when the pod changes color from green to yellow, indicating readiness. Pluck beans off the vine to harvest.