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firmly above the beans with the back of a hoe. Dwarf 

 beans may also be planted in hills eight inches apart. 

 Plant five or six beans in a hill. 



After the beans are well started, thin them so that 

 they will stand about four inches apart in the row. 

 Beans planted in hills should be thinned to three in a hill. 

 Keep the strongest plants as far as possible. Less seed 



FIG. 139. Planting Pole Beans 



may be used for planting later in the season, when the 

 soil is warm, for the seed is far more likely to come up. 



Bush Lima beans require soil well supplied with 

 humus. Plant as soon as the soil has become warm in 

 the spring. Make the rows two feet apart, scatter the 

 seeds so that they will be about two inches apart, and 

 thin so that the plants will stand six inches apart. 



Pole beans should not be planted until the ground 

 has become warm in the spring. The seed will rot if the 

 soil is cold or soggy. Before planting, set poles four 



