Grow your own delicious French Beans in the garden! 'Goldfield' is a climbing variety, producing crops of flat, fleshy, stringless, golden yellow pods. Companion planting: Try growing French beans with Nasturtiums to draw aphids away from your crop.Sow climbing bean seeds indoors from mid-April for transplanting later on, or direct sow outdoors from late May to July. Indoors, sow bean seeds at a depth of 2cm (1") in 7.5cm (3") pots or trays of free-draining, seed sowing compost. Place in a propagator or seal container inside a plastic bag at a temperature of 12-25C (54-77F) until germination, which takes 7-10 days. Do not exclude light as this helps germination. Once germinated, grow on in cooler conditions until all risk of frost has passed and the climbing bean plants are large enough to be transplanted. Gradually acclimatise them to outdoor conditions over 7 - 10 days before planting French beans outdoors in rich fertile, well-drained soil in full sun with protection from strong win