Runner Bean Sunset

Growing from seed

Direct-sow Runner Bean Sunset 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 15 cm apart. Expect to harvest in roughly 70 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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  Red Mustard
  

  Red MustardExcellent pair

  • ❧Red Mustard attracts Hoverflies and Parasitic wasps, which prey on the Aphids that attack Runner Bean Sunset
  • ❧Runner Bean Sunset fixes nitrogen in the soil that Red Mustard feeds on
  • ❧Red Mustard suppresses pests that trouble Runner Bean Sunset
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  Wasabina
  

  WasabinaExcellent pair

  • ❧Wasabina attracts Hoverflies and Parasitic wasps, which prey on the Aphids that attack Runner Bean Sunset
  • ❧Runner Bean Sunset fixes nitrogen in the soil that Wasabina feeds on
  • ❧Wasabina suppresses pests that trouble Runner Bean Sunset
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  African Marigold
  Excellent pair

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

How to grow Runner Bean Sunset

1. Sow1 weeks from frost
2. Germinates8 days
3. Space15 cm apart
4. GrowFull sun
5. Harvest~70 days

Water: Medium · Height: 250 cm · Soil: Rich, moist, well-draining — mulch to retain moisture