Northern Queensland Permaculture

Earth Care, People Care, Fair Share

This is an old revision of the document!


Bean

Botanical Information

Botanical Information
Order Fabales
Family Fabaceae
Genus Phaseolus
Common Name Bean
Species P. vulgaris

Maturity days

  • 50

Planting Months

Planting months
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
X X X X

Permaculture uses

Permaculture uses
Usage 1 Usage 2 Usage 3
Pioneer Nitrogen_Fixer Vegetable

Growing condition comments

Growing Condition Comment
Drought Tolerant No
Humidity tolerant Partially
Planting area Garden bed
Sunlight Full sun

Photos

Photos
wiki

Short comments

Herbaceous annual vine. Normally better grown in dry season in NQ. Many cultivars exist

General comments

Cultivars

Purple Climber

  • Climbing bean
  • Hardy
  • Can grow all year round, but easiest yields per the Planting Months table. Only in the shade and with protection from other plants (bean fly will damage the plant) outside this range.
  • Not stringy, but like all beans better picked when younger
  • Seed collection and drying for replanting is easily done
Purple Climber Photos

Seed Saving Methods

Tags

Print/export
QR Code
QR Code plants:bean (generated for current page)