Best time to plant broad bean in Rockhampton
Vicia faba
Also called Fava bean, Faba bean
Sow broad bean in Rockhampton in Mar to Jun.
Broad beans are upright annual legumes with square stems and grey-green leaves, lacking the climbing tendrils of most vetches. The beans are the main harvest, raw or cooked once the outer coat is off, and very young pods can go in whole. People with G6PD deficiency (favism) must avoid them, as a serious reaction can follow.
When to sow in Rockhampton
Rockhampton, QLD is in the subtropical zone. Its months for broad bean apply here without a frost adjustment.
Broadly matches local guides, with some differences.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Rockhampton
Frost usually arrives in Rockhampton around late July and finishes by late July. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as mid July or as late as early August, so frost-tender crops are planned around those dates.
From its Bureau of Meteorology station, 1991 to 2020, counting a night at 2°C or lower as a frost. Frost hollows and hillsides can shift these dates by weeks, so ask the growers at your garden too.
On a shared plot: suits a plot
Finishes in a season and stays within its space, so it suits most plots.
Growing details
- How to start
- Sow directly in the bed
- Sowing depth
- 30mm
- Plant spacing
- 15cm
- Row spacing
- 12cm
- Height
- 120cm
- Germination
- 7-14 days at 6-24°C
- Time to harvest
- 80 days
- Frost
- Hardy, takes a light frost
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- annual
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.