Pickled beans

I have recently attempted to pickle green beans the way my mother did when I was younger. I helped her out but it's been about 30 years ago so I'm having trouble getting the right amount of salt. I am doing pint jars and I tried 3/4 T. and it wasn't quite enough, they pickled but not all the way. One recipe said 1 T. for a quart but that seemed like alot. Can anyone give me the correct amount of sal per jar? Thanks in avance