Black Bean

Growing from seed

Direct-sow Black Bean outdoors about 1 weeks after your last frost, keeping seeds in warm soil (around 20–25 °C). Seeds usually come up in around 8 days. Grow in full sun, spaced about 10 cm apart. Expect to harvest in roughly 100 days.

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  Growing Beans: Bush or Pole, Snap or Dry

  Beans are the crop most likely to be called easy and most likely to be grown wrong. Almost every decision — where they go, what you feed them, when you pick — follows from two questions you answer before you sow: how tall does this one get, and are you eating the pod or the seed?

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Companion Planting

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  African Marigold
  

  African MarigoldGreat pair

  • ❧African Marigold attracts Hoverflies and Lacewings and more, which prey on the Aphids and Spider mites that attack Black Bean
  • ❧Black Bean fixes nitrogen in the soil that African Marigold feeds on
  • ❧African Marigold suppresses pests that trouble Black Bean
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  French Marigold
  

  French MarigoldGreat pair

  • ❧French Marigold attracts Hoverflies and Lacewings and more, which prey on the Aphids and Spider mites that attack Black Bean
  • ❧Black Bean fixes nitrogen in the soil that French Marigold feeds on
  • ❧French Marigold suppresses pests that trouble Black Bean
• Great pair

  • ❧Maypop attracts Parasitic wasps, which prey on the Aphids that attack Black Bean
  • ❧Black Bean fixes nitrogen in the soil that Maypop feeds on
  • ❧Black Bean draws Bees and Bumblebees that improve pollination for both

How to grow Black Bean

1. Sow1 weeks from frost
2. Germinates8 days
3. Space10 cm apart
4. GrowFull sun
5. Harvest~100 days

Water: Medium · Height: 60 cm · Soil: Well-draining, moderately fertile — fixes nitrogen