Best time to plant broad bean in Mildura
Vicia faba
Also called Fava bean, Faba bean
Sow broad bean in Mildura in Apr to Jul.
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 Mildura
Mildura, VIC is in the arid zone. Its months for broad bean apply here without a frost adjustment.
Matches local guides.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Mildura
Frost usually arrives in Mildura around mid May and finishes by early September. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as early May or as late as late September, 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.