Great Northern Bean

Growing from seed

Direct-sow Great Northern 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 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 and Spider mites that attack Great Northern Bean
  • ❧Great Northern Bean fixes nitrogen in the soil that African Marigold feeds on
  • ❧African Marigold suppresses pests that trouble Great Northern 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 Great Northern Bean
  • ❧Great Northern Bean fixes nitrogen in the soil that French Marigold feeds on
  • ❧French Marigold suppresses pests that trouble Great Northern Bean
• Great pair

  • ❧Baby's Breath attracts Hoverflies, which prey on the Aphids that attack Great Northern Bean
  • ❧Great Northern Bean fixes nitrogen in the soil that Baby's Breath feeds on
  • ❧Great Northern Bean acts as living mulch, keeping soil moist and weeds down around Baby's Breath

How to grow Great Northern Bean

1. Sow1 weeks from frost
2. Germinates8 days
3. Space10 cm apart
4. GrowFull sun
5. Harvest~90 days

Water: Medium · Height: 50 cm · Soil: Well-draining, fertile