Growing in Wandering

Best time to plant french bean in Wandering

Phaseolus vulgaris

Also called green bean, common bean, bush bean, climbing bean

Sow french bean in Wandering in Dec to Jan.

A legume from the Americas, the common bean has many cultivars, sold as low bush plants or long climbing vines. Green pods are picked young and usually cooked. Dried beans must be soaked and boiled hard for 30 minutes, since raw ones contain a toxin. The leaves occasionally serve as a vegetable.

When to sow in Wandering

Wandering, WA is in the temperate zone. The zone also plants in Feb, Sep to Nov, but Wandering's frost dates make those months risky for a frost-tender crop.

Not yet checked against a local guide.

Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.

Frost in Wandering

Frost usually arrives in Wandering around late April and finishes by early November. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as late March or as late as late November, 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
2.5cm
Plant spacing
10cm
Row spacing
80cm
Height
250cm
Germination
About 10 days
Time to harvest
60 days
Frost
Frost tender
Sun
Part sun
Life cycle
annual

These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.

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