corvi

fava bean Fava Bean planting

grown by corvi in Turnaround Bed #3 · salt spring island

All of corvi's plantings

Done
  1. Sown 2023-04-16
  2. First harvest 2023-11-01 expected
  3. Finished 2023-11-01 expected

No harvest months for this crop at this latitude yet.

Planted

over 3 years ago 2023-04-16

Progress

Done Finished

Degree days

4,043 of about 1,800 needed

Quantity

20 seeds

Grown in

full sun

Rating

not rated

Grown from

Seed

Weather in salt spring island New

Daily high and low
2 °C frost lineGrows at 5–32°Grows best 18–28°
Daily rainfall
Rain
1,004 mm
Hottest day
30.5°C
Coldest night
-6.7°C
Soil temperature
7.8°C
Days in its best range
83 of 361
Days
361

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. The weather is modelled for the area around the garden, not measured in it, and runs a few days behind. The totals, charts and expected weather are our adaptation of that data.

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    Planted

Frost

Experimental · new and might be flaky

No frost reached this fava bean planting

Frost was possible until 21 May. We have no night temperatures for this fava bean planting. The fava bean planting went in on 16 Apr, 22 days before the usual last frost (8 May).

This fava bean planting against the frost season

  • Usual frost danger
  • Possible: as early or late as it has come
  • Planting, finished
Frost danger it grew through
36 days
from planting to the latest it has come, 21 May
Usual last frost
8 May
planted 22 days before it

Experimental: this feature is new and might be flaky. These dates are estimates from 25 km weather-model data, not readings from a station at your garden, so a cold spot can be colder. They may be wrong, so check your national weather service and ask local growers before relying on them.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0)

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Crop

Photo of fava bean

Fava Bean

Vicia faba

  • 15 plantings
  • 6 harvests
  • An annual, living about 140 days
  • First harvest about 199 days after planting
  • Usually grown in sun
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World neighbours

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