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Quick-growing legume in two forms: bush (compact, one main flush) and pole (climbing, all-season harvest). Fixes its own nitrogen. Direct-sow after frost into warm soil. Pick young and often to keep production going.
🐛 Prone to: Aphids, Spider mites.
Attract Hoverflies, Lacewings, Ladybirds, Parasitic wasps, Predatory mites, Minute pirate bugs to keep them in check — plant African MarigoldGreat, AngelicaGood and AniseGood nearby.
Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis
vegetable
A fellow Fabaceae — similar growing habits to Green Bean
Direct-sow Green 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 55 days.
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?
Read the guideMissed the spring sowing window? You haven't missed the season. Here are the fast crops you can still grow — and how to stretch the weeks you have left.
Read the guideWater: Medium · Height: 200 cm · Soil: Well-draining loam or sandy loam with moderate fertility. pH 6.0-7.0. Avoid waterlogged soil. Warm soil preferred (60°F+ minimum).
