Characteristics

USDA Hardiness zone ^Help 2-11
Life cycle Annual
Light requirement Full sun
Water requirement Moist
Soil type Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)
Height 2.0
Layer Vines
Utility N-fixer
Edible True
Edible parts Leaves, Seed, Seedpod
Propagation method Seed - transplant, Seed - direct sow
When to plant (outdoors) 1 week after last frost, 12-14 weeks before first frost
When to plant (indoors) 2-4 weeks before last frost
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaseolus_vulgaris
Alternate name Pole bean, Climbing bean, French bean, Bush bean, Dwarf bean, Kidney bean
Family Fabaceae, Leguminosae
German name Stangenbohne
Plants For A Future https://pfaf.org/User/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Phaseolus vulgaris
Germination temperature 16-18°c (70-80°f)
Soil pH 6.0-6.8
Seed planting depth 2.5cm
Spacing 16cm
Germination time 4-10 days
Days to harvest 45-85
Growth Fast

Common bean

Phaseolus vulgaris

🔗 Christopher Franz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

USDA Hardiness zone

2-11

Life cycle

Annual

Light requirement

Full sun

Water requirement

Moist

Layer

Vines

Description

This entry describes all varieties of the common bean. This includes vining and bush/darf varities.

The common bean is an annual plant and includes a lot of varieties with a different names depending on their style of growths (see alternate names). These include the kidney bean, the navy bean, the pinto bean, the french bean and the wax bean

Links

Beans Seed Starting Tips @ Harvest to Table

Propagation - direct sow

Direct-sow beans in spring after all danger of frost has passed and soil is at least 16°C (60°F). In warm-winter regions, sow beans in late summer for harvest in winter. Time sowing so that beans come to harvest before the first frost.