🌾 Crop
ANX-CROP-0000083
Runner bean
Phaseolus coccineus
Also known as Scarlet runner bean (English), Pronkboon (Dutch), Ayecote (Spanish), Ayocote (Spanish), Haricot d'Espagne (French), Haricot-fleur (French), Feuerbohne (German), Käferbohne (German), Prunkbohne (German)
A perennial climbing bean grown as an annual for its edible pods and seeds, also valued for ornamental flowers.
- Species
- Phaseolus coccineus
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Climate requirements
- Prefers cool to mild temperate climates; sensitive to high heat.
- Temperature range
- 12-26°C (absolute 5-30°C)
- Rainfall range
- 800-1500mm (absolute 400-2600mm)
- Altitude range
- 1400-2800m
- Soil types
- Fertile, moisture-retentive well-drained loam.
- Soil pH
- 5.5-7 (absolute 5-8.2)
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Plant health
Diseases & Pests
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Inputs
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