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When is the correct time to start off sowing green beans indoors?
Some people say March, others say April...
The idea is to get them started indoors, then plant alongside a garden
fence.

I get through lots of plastic coffee cups from the vending machine at
work -- Could I use these to start seeds off? If so, do they need a
drainage hole in the bottom.

Thanks
Bruce

OK short answers
Yes, yes,yes!

Start the beans when you are ready. March is good. April is also good.
Start some now, some in two weeks and some more two weeks later.
Plant half of each batch out when you think frost has passed and the other
half three weeks later.

This should give you six trenches in different stages of readiness. Try some
planted out directly too.

Make a note of which give you the best results, remember for next year!

Plastic cups for starter seeds. - Yes. But consider newspaper pots.
Should they be holed? - Yes

And sat in a tray/window box of gravel.. Water the gravel, not the plants.
Let the plant find its way down to the water.

HTH

Dave