Tepary Bean

Growing from seed

Direct-sow Tepary Bean outdoors about 2 weeks after your last frost, keeping seeds in warm soil (around 20–25 °C). Seeds usually come up in around 7 days. Grow in full sun, spaced about 15 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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  African Marigold
  

  African MarigoldGreat pair

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

  French MarigoldGreat pair

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

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

How to grow Tepary Bean

1. Sow2 weeks from frost
2. Germinates7 days
3. Space15 cm apart
4. GrowFull sun
5. Harvest~90 days

Water: Low · Height: 60 cm · Soil: Well-draining, sandy, alkaline — extremely drought-tolerant