When to plant climbing bean in Piccadilly
- Sow in the ground: mid Nov to late JanPiccadilly area, cool Mediterranean
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Piccadilly. 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.