How long to pressure can quarts of green beans
Pressure can green beans for 25 minutes (quarts) at 11 lb on a dial gauge (0–2,000 ft) or 10 lb on a weighted gauge (0–1,000 ft). The time stays the same at every altitude; the pressure goes up: add 1 lb of dial pressure for each 2,000 ft above 2,000 ft, and use 15 lb on a weighted gauge above 1,000 ft.
Quarts of green beans by altitude
| Altitude | Quarts |
|---|---|
| 0–2,000 ft | 25 min at 11 lb |
| 2,001–4,000 ft | 25 min at 12 lb |
| 4,001–6,000 ft | 25 min at 13 lb |
| 6,001–8,000 ft | 25 min at 14 lb |
| 8,001–10,000 ft | 25 min at 15 lb |
Other jar sizes: half-pints and pints · all green beans times
What the time assumes
- Method: pressure canner
- Acidity: low-acid: must be pressure canned
- Headspace: 1 inch
- No tested process: half-gallons. Putby shows no time for this size.
Covers snap, wax and Italian beans, cut or whole.
Questions
- How long do you pressure can quarts of green beans?
- Pressure can green beans for 25 minutes (quarts) at 11 lb on a dial gauge (0–2,000 ft) or 10 lb on a weighted gauge (0–1,000 ft). The time stays the same at every altitude; the pressure goes up: add 1 lb of dial pressure for each 2,000 ft above 2,000 ft, and use 15 lb on a weighted gauge above 1,000 ft.
- What pressure do you use for green beans at 5,000 feet?
- At 4,001–6,000 ft use 13 lb on a dial gauge or 15 lb on a weighted gauge. The processing time does not change with altitude.
- Can you water bath can green beans?
- No. This is a low-acid food. A boiling-water canner cannot reach the temperature that destroys botulism spores, so green beans must be pressure canned.
- What headspace should I leave for green beans?
- Leave 1 inch of headspace.
Sources
- USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning, Guide 4 (Vegetables) · NCHFP; weighted gauge: USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning, Guides 4 and 5 (weighted-gauge column) · NCHFP
Times and pressures are restated from the National Center for Home Food Preservation and the USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning, in our own words. They are the same table Putby's app uses; a test in the app fails if the two ever disagree. Altitude schedule: Putby adds minutes to boiling-water processes in five steps up to 10,000 ft; at the higher steps that can be a few minutes longer than a food's own USDA altitude table, never shorter. If your tested recipe gives a longer time, use the recipe's time. Last reviewed 2026-10-16.