🫘 Pole bean

Growing

Family	Fabaceae (Legumes)
Method	Direct sow
Outdoor timing	0 weeks vs. last frost
Days to maturity	65
Min soil temp	12 °C; mean temperature ceiling 30 °C
Frost tolerance	Tender
Spacing	15 × 60 cm · 8.0 per square foot
Height / sun	200 cm · 5+ hours
Kc ini / mid / end	0.4 / 1.15 / 0.9
Harvest	8 weeks · 0.5 kg per plant
Succession	no

Companions

Good neighbours

Courgette (zucchini) Beans fix nitrogen (three sisters)
Pumpkin Three sisters: beans fix nitrogen
Sweet corn Beans climb the corn and fix nitrogen

Keep apart

Kohlrabi Beans and kohlrabi inhibit each other
Beetroot Beans and beetroot stunt each other
Onion Alliums inhibit bean growth
Garlic Alliums inhibit bean growth
Sunflower Sunflower shades and competes with climbing beans