Basics
- Ease of Growing
- Moderate
- Grown as
- Annual
- Days to Maturity
- 70-80 (Spring/Summer)
- Growing Habit
- Pole
- Hardiness
- Tender
Hyacinth Beans are very frost tender and shouldn't be planted until the soil has warmed up.
- Crops
- Spring
- Growing Season
- Long
- Cultivar Type
- Early
- Growing Conditions
- Warm, Hot
Hyacinth Beans are quite easy to grow. They like full sun, and need some kind of support. They grow very quickly if it's warm enough, and prefer rich, well-draining soil.
- Outdoor Growing Temp
- 60°F - 90°F
- Min Outdoor Soil Temp
- 60°F
Don’t plant Pole Beans out until all frost danger is past and the soil is warm (at least 60˚ F and ideally 80˚ F).
- Start Indoors
- No
- Start Outdoors
- Yes
- Light
- Sun: min. 6 hours daily (Warm, Hot)
Full sun.
- Water
- Moderate
For best production, beans should have evenly moist soil at all times.
- Feeder
- Moderate
Low nitrogen. Moderate potassium. Moderate phosphorous.
Beans don't need a lot of nitrogen in the soil because they fix their own (if there is a lot in the soil they won't go to the trouble of fixing it). They do need plenty of potassium and phosphorus though.
- Suitability
- Drought tolerant, High heat
- Small Gardens?
- Yes
- Containers?
- No
Beans are not a good candidate for container growing.
- Attracts beneficial insects?
- No
- Color
- Purple
- Fruit Size
- 2.5 - "
- Plant Height
- 84.0 - 120.0"
- Plant Diameter
- 18.0 - 24.0"
- Hardiness Zone
- 3-11
- Disease Resistance
- Taste Profile
The pods and flowers must be eaten when young because dried beans have high concentrations of cyanogenic glucosides and are poisonous.
- Rotation Group
- Soil Builders and Cleaners: Legumes + Corn + Potatoes