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White Scotch Runner Bean
White Scotch Runner Bean
Phaseolus coccineus
Also known as
Takamatua white (EN)
A variety of bean
A perennial runner bean that is not stringy, so it works as a green bean, a shellout or a dry bean. Don't blanch it before freezing. Plant 20 cm apart in deeply prepared beds and pinch tops out at 30 cm. Prefers cool, moist roots, and stops setting beans if too hot or dry. Grown for many years in Christchurch.
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White scotch runner bean facts
Lifespan
Annual
living and reproducing in a single year or less
Growing white Scotch runner beans
- Dig the bed and add compost 1 week before sowing
- Put up supports for climbing beans 1 week after sowing
- Water regularly at sowing every week
- Weed carefully 3 weeks after sowing every 2 weeks
- Pick beans regularly at first harvest every week
- Leave some pods to dry for seed 6 weeks after first harvest
- Pull out finished plants and dig in the roots 8 weeks after first harvest
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Ecological requirements
Data from the FAO EcoCrop database for Phaseolus coccineus L.
| Family / Taxonomy | Magnoliopsida Rosidae Fabales Leguminosae |
|---|---|
| Optimal temperature | 12 - 26 °C |
| Absolute temperature | 5 - 30 °C |
| Optimal rainfall | 800 - 1500 mm/year |
| Absolute rainfall | 400 - 2600 mm/year |
| Optimal soil pH | 5.5 - 7.0 |
| Absolute soil pH | 5.0 - 8.2 |
| Crop cycle | 80 - 365 days |
| Max altitude | 2800 m |
| Life form | herb |
| Life span | annual, perennial |
| Habit | climber/scrambler/scadent |
| Optimal soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) |
| Optimal soil texture | medium |
| Optimal soil fertility | high |
| Optimal soil drainage | well (dry spells) |
| Optimal soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours) |
| Optimal light | very bright |
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