Sowing calendar · Legumes
Dry bean
Phaseolus vulgaris · Feijão (para grão), Judía seca, Haricot sec, Trockenbohne, Fagiolo secco, feijão seco
Calendar
Calendar for mainland Portugal.
- Sow directApr–Jun
- HarvestJul–Oct
- Germination
- 6–12 days · soil from 12 °C
- Spacing
- 50 cm between rows · 10 cm apart
- Sowing depth
- 3 cm
- Harvest after
- 90–120 days
- Water need
- medium
- Frost
- frost tender
- Life cycle
- annual
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Seed saving
- easy · keeps ~3 years
Notes
Leave the pods on the plant until they are dry and rattle, then pull the plants on a dry day, finish drying under cover and shell.
Good neighbours
Keep apart from
Sources
Months for mainland Portugal. In the app, sowing and planting follow your own local climate and the forecast.