When to plant climbing bean in Goodar
- Sow in the ground: early Oct to mid FebGoodar area, hot semi-arid
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Goodar. Microclimates vary: frost hollows and hills run later.
A productive summer legume that crops for months up a trellis, giving more beans per square metre than bush beans. Sow seed directly once the soil is warm; it rots in cold, wet soil. Pick pods young every couple of days to keep the vines producing.