BEAN-WONDER OF VENICE-CLIMBER
BEAN-WONDER OF VENICE-CLIMBER
A$3.20
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Phaseolus vulgaris
BEAN-WONDER OF VENICE-CLIMBER Productive & tasty tall growing yellow bean. Noted for its continual flowering habit & broad flattened 18cm long pods with roundish black seeds. A popular garden variety in the north of Italy & one of Italy’s favourite beans. It is really early & produces lots of delicious, tender, yellow wax beans. They are beautiful, flat, long beans that are stringless when picked young. This bean continually flowers so it produces over a long period. does well from cool to warm areas. 54 days. Plant outdoors before the danger of frost OR after it has passed and the weather has warmed.
| Germination Time (Days) | 7 – 15 |
| Maturity Time (Days) | 70 – 85 |
| Sowing Depth (mm) | 20 – 30 |
| Plant Spacing (cm) | 10 – 25 |
| Row Spacing (cm) | 60 – 100 |
| pH | 6 – 7.5 |
| Soil Temperature (°C) | – |
| Hardy / Frost Tender | Frost Tender |
| Sow Direct / Raise Seedlings | Sow Direct |
| Seed Preparation | – |
Scoville Heat Units (SHU)
Plant Height
180 - 240 cm (6 - 8 feet, climber)
Season of Interest
Summer
Temperature Range
18 - 30 °C
Determine / Indeterminate
Annual / Perennial / Biennial
Annual
Frost Hardy / Tender
Frost Tender
Full Sun / Part Sun / Shade
Full Sun
Sow Direct / Raise Seedlings
Sow Direct
Soil
Well-drained, fertile loam
pH
6.0 - 7.0
Soil Temperature
15 - 30 °C (59 - 86 °F)
Seed Preparation
No special preparation required
Sowing Depth
2.5 cm (1 inch)
Plant Spacing
15 cm (6 inches)
Row spacing
60 cm (24 inches)
Watering
Regular watering; do not overwater
Germination Time (Days)
7 - 14 days
Harvest Time (Days)
65 - 75 days
Good Companion Plants
Marigolds,Cucumbers,Corn
Bad Companion Plants
Garlic,Onions,Fennel
Pests
Bean Beetles, Aphids, Spider Mites
Diseases
Powdery Mildew,Rust,Root Rot
More About Us
When I started this journey in 2009, I found nothing existed commercially, that was reasonably priced and easy to use. There was a homemade system which I also found was not that user-friendly.
Then a friend of mine told me about a homemade method she used. However, when I tried her method, I found this also didn’t suit my needs, as it too had flaws that I considered where important. It did not keep vermin out, did not have a lockable lid and (to me) looked unsightly in the garden
