i have germinated pole beans in doors several times due to our freaky weather. the first couple weeks of june can be cool, and rainy. a couple years of that killed most of the beans in the ground. i start them about two weeks before plant out. the first summer i did that, the temps outside shot up into the 80s for a week, and stalled bean growth for several weeks. last year worked out better. i started my uncle steve, zelma zesta, tennessee red eye fall bean, tuscarora half runner, case knife, sicitalian black swamp, grandma roberts purple, and one or two others in nine unit cell packs. the black swamp bean was the only one that didn't go well. only one out of nine seeds sprouted.
if you have a fairly long growing season, i wouldn't bother with starting beans in doors.
if you have a shorter growing season like i do, starting at least some seeds in doors, can make the difference when it comes to saving seeds. sometimes it works out, sometimes not.
great accomplishments are done by people who didn't listen to the experts.
keith
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