Christmas Lima

Growing from seed

Direct-sow Christmas Lima outdoors about 2 weeks after your last frost, keeping seeds in warm soil (around 20–25 °C). Seeds usually come up in around 10 days. Grow in full sun, spaced about 20 cm apart. Expect to harvest in roughly 90 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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  Coral Bells
  

  Coral BellsExcellent pair

  • ❧Coral Bells attracts Hoverflies, which prey on the Aphids and Thrips that attack Christmas Lima
  • ❧Christmas Lima fixes nitrogen in the soil that Coral Bells feeds on
  • ❧Christmas Lima draws Bees and Bumblebees that improve pollination for both
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  Red Mustard
  

  Red MustardExcellent pair

  • ❧Red Mustard attracts Hoverflies and Parasitic wasps, which prey on the Aphids and Thrips that attack Christmas Lima
  • ❧Christmas Lima fixes nitrogen in the soil that Red Mustard feeds on
  • ❧Red Mustard suppresses pests that trouble Christmas Lima
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  Wasabina
  Excellent pair

  • ❧Wasabina attracts Hoverflies and Parasitic wasps, which prey on the Aphids and Thrips that attack Christmas Lima
  • ❧Christmas Lima fixes nitrogen in the soil that Wasabina feeds on
  • ❧Wasabina suppresses pests that trouble Christmas Lima

How to grow Christmas Lima

1. Sow2 weeks from frost
2. Germinates10 days
3. Space20 cm apart
4. GrowFull sun
5. Harvest~90 days

Water: Medium · Height: 300 cm · Soil: Well-draining, fertile, warm