Growing in Woomera

Best time to plant french bean in Woomera

Phaseolus vulgaris

Also called green bean, common bean, bush bean, climbing bean

Sow french bean in Woomera in Sep to Feb.

A legume from the Americas, the common bean has many cultivars, sold as low bush plants or long climbing vines. Green pods are picked young and usually cooked. Dried beans must be soaked and boiled hard for 30 minutes, since raw ones contain a toxin. The leaves occasionally serve as a vegetable.

When to sow in Woomera

Woomera, SA is in the arid zone. Its months for french bean apply here without a frost adjustment.

Not yet checked against a local guide.

Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.

Frost in Woomera

Frost usually arrives in Woomera around early July and finishes by mid July. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as early June or as late as mid 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
2.5cm
Plant spacing
10cm
Row spacing
80cm
Height
250cm
Germination
About 10 days
Time to harvest
60 days
Frost
Frost tender
Sun
Part sun
Life cycle
annual

These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.

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