Best time to plant broad bean in Georgetown
Vicia faba
Also called Fava bean, Faba bean
Sow broad bean in Georgetown in Apr to Jun.
Broad beans are upright annual legumes with square stems and grey-green leaves, lacking the climbing tendrils of most vetches. The beans are the main harvest, raw or cooked once the outer coat is off, and very young pods can go in whole. People with G6PD deficiency (favism) must avoid them, as a serious reaction can follow.
When to sow in Georgetown
Georgetown, QLD is in the tropical zone. Its months for broad bean apply here without a frost adjustment.
Not yet checked against a local guide.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Georgetown
Frost usually arrives in Georgetown around mid June and finishes by mid July. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as early June or as late as mid August, so frost-tender crops are planned around those dates.
From its Bureau of Meteorology station, 1991 to 2020, counting a night at 2°C or lower as a frost. Frost hollows and hillsides can shift these dates by weeks, so ask the growers at your garden too.
On a shared plot: suits a plot
Finishes in a season and stays within its space, so it suits most plots.
Growing details
- How to start
- Sow directly in the bed
- Sowing depth
- 30mm
- Plant spacing
- 15cm
- Row spacing
- 12cm
- Height
- 120cm
- Germination
- 7-14 days at 6-24°C
- Time to harvest
- 80 days
- Frost
- Hardy, takes a light frost
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- annual
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.