Planting guide

When to plant dwarf green bean

Easy, no-fuss beans that crop fast and need no trellis. In Melbourne it goes in Oct–Mar.

Start as: Seed, sown in place
Ready in: 7–9 wks
Spacing: 10 cm
Depth: 3 cm
Sun: Full sun (6+ hours)
Water: Regular
Effort: Easy
Frost-tender: Yes, plant after the last frost

When it goes in

● means dwarf green bean can go in that month, ○ means wait. Worked out from each town's climate zone and season, the way planting guides do it. Pick your town for the full list for that month.

Australian towns and cities
Town	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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Melbourne	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
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Perth	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Adelaide	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Gold Coast	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Newcastle	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Sunshine Coast	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●
Canberra	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●
Central Coast	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Geelong	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Wollongong	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Hobart	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●
Townsville	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●
Cairns	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Toowoomba	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Darwin	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Ballarat	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●
Mandurah	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Bendigo	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Launceston	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●
Mackay	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●
Rockhampton	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●
Coffs Harbour	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Blue Mountains	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●
Bunbury	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Bundaberg	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●
Alice Springs	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Mildura	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Port Macquarie	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●

Around the world
Town	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Auckland	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Wellington	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Christchurch	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●
London	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Manchester	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Edinburgh	○	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Dublin	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
New York City	○	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Los Angeles	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Chicago	○	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Seattle	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Austin	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Toronto	○	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Vancouver	○	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Cape Town	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Johannesburg	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Singapore	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Mumbai	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Paris	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Berlin	○	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○

How to plant dwarf green bean

Sow seed 3 cm deep straight into warm soil.
Water gently until seedlings emerge.
Mulch and keep soil evenly moist.
Pick every couple of days to keep plants producing.

Dwarf Green Bean varieties

Classic varieties are the reliable, widely grown ones. Adventurous ones are heirlooms, odd colours and rarities.

Provider Classicbush · disease-resistant · 7–9 wksDependable bush bean that sets well even in cool soil
Royal Burgundy Classicbush · colourful · 7–9 wksPurple pods that turn green when cooked
Cherokee Wax Classicbush · heirloom · 8–9 wksGolden pods; tender and mild
Strike Classicbush · fast · 7–9 wksQuick, reliable stringless green bean
Tongue of Fire Adventurousbush · heirloom · colourful · 9–11 wksCranberry-streaked pods; use fresh or shelled
Dragon's Tongue Adventurousbush · heirloom · colourful · 9–10 wksCreamy pods streaked purple; crisp and sweet
Italian Romano Adventurousbush · heavy-cropper · 8–10 wksBroad flat Romano pods with rich bean flavour

Where to buy seeds

Search on Seeds of Plenty Search on Happy Valley Seeds Search on The Diggers Club Search on Amazon

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Good companions

Carrot, Corn, Marigold

Dwarf Green Bean by month

Jan · Feb · Mar · Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct · Nov · Dec

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