Flat bean

Phaseolus vulgaris

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Growth conditions
USDA Hardiness zone	2-11 Learn more
Light requirement	Full sun
Water requirement	Moist
Soil pH	6.0-6.8
Physical characteristics
Height	2.0
Cultivation details
Life cycle	Annual
Layer	Vines
Growth	Fast
Propagation method	Seed - transplant, Seed - direct sow
When to sow (outdoors)	1 week after last frost, 12-14 weeks before first frost
When to sow (indoors)	2-4 weeks before last frost
Germination time	4-10 days
Germination temperature	16-18°C (70-80°F)
Seed viability	3-5 years
Seed planting depth	2.5 cm
Days to harvest	45-85
Uses
Utility	Nitrogen fixer
Edible	True
Edible parts	Leaves, Seed, Seedpod
Names
Alternate name	Helda bean, Romano bean
Dutch name	Snijboon
Origin and spread
Native to	Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá
Introduced into	Altay, Amur, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Assam, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Cameroon, Cayman Is., Central European Rus, Chad, Chita, Colombia, Comoros, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Illinois, India, Iraq, Irkutsk, Jamaica, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Leeward Is., Malaya, Marianas, Maryland, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, New York, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Primorye, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Sakhalin, Senegal, South European Russi, Sri Lanka, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wake I., West Himalaya, West Siberia, Yakutskiya, Zambia, Zaïre
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Last updated: 2023-09-22 16:58:11 UTC by permabot

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Flat bean

Phaseolus vulgaris

Description

Describes the flat varieties of the common bean

Varieties

Helda

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