Succession planting is a gardening technique to maximize production with space and time. This can be used with the same crop to extend the harvest or the same or with different crops suchas planting green beans on two week intervals, or replacing a warm season crop with a cool season crop.

Succession planting ensures a continuous harvest by staggering your planting schedule. Instead of sowing all your seeds at once, you plant in intervals, allowing you to enjoy fresh vegetables over a longer period. Green beans are an excellent vegetable for succession planting due to their quick growth and productivity.

Green beans typically mature within 50-60 days. By planting new seeds every two to three weeks, you can enjoy a steady supply of beans throughout the growing season. For example, if you plant your first batch of bush beans in early spring after the last frost, follow it with a second planting two weeks later, and so on until midsummer. This approach prevents all your beans from maturing at the same time and avoids an overwhelming harvest.

Succession planting also helps optimize space in your vegetable garden. Once an earlier crop finishes producing, you can clear it out and replace it with new plants. Watch our video on Succession Planting in the Vegetable Garden on YouTube to see how we planted cabbages after our green bean harvest was over.

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