Best time to plant french bean in Australia
Phaseolus vulgaris
Also called green bean, common bean, bush bean, climbing bean
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.
On a shared plot: suits a plot
Finishes in a season and stays within its space, so it suits most plots.
When to sow
| Zone | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CoolNot yet checked against a local guide | Sow | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Sow | Sow | Sow |
| TemperateNot yet checked against a local guide | Sow | Sow | No | No | No | No | No | No | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow |
| SubtropicalNot yet checked against a local guide | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow | No | No | No | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow |
| TropicalNot yet checked against a local guide | No | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow | No | No |
| AridNot yet checked against a local guide | Sow | Sow | No | No | No | No | No | No | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow |
Good months to sow
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
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.