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Scottish broad bean Scottish Broad Bean planting

grown by shiny in Raised Bed Two · Wellington, NZ

All of shiny's plantings

  1. Sown 2026-09-20
  2. Finished 2026-10-11 expected

No harvest months for this crop at this latitude yet.

Planted

about 2 months ago 2026-09-20

Progress

100%
day 56 of 21

Degree days

317 of about 1,800 needed

Quantity

6 plants

Grown in

not specified

Rating

3 of 5

Parent Seed

Variety

Weather in Wellington, NZ New

Daily high and low
Too cold for Scottish broad bean so farFrom Sep 20 to Oct 11, 0 of 22 days had a high inside the best range of 18–28°C. The highs were below the best range on 22 days. The weather was too cold on 3 days (lows below 5°C).
Latest, Nov 10: 18.5°C / 11.9°C2 °C frost lineGrows at 5–32°Grows best 18–28°
Daily rainfall
Latest, Nov 10: 18.7 mm
Rain
119 mm
Hottest day
18.5°C
Coldest night
3.5°C
Soil temperature
12.6°C
Days in its best range
2 of 52
Days
52

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.

Photos

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by shiny

Observations

Nothing noticed yet. Note when it flowers, fruits, wilts or falls ill.

  1. Day 0
    Planted

Frost danger has passed for this Scottish broad bean planting

The latest a frost has come in past years is 1 Oct, 45 days ago. The Scottish broad bean planting went in on 20 Sep, 22 days after the usual last frost (29 Aug).

This Scottish broad bean planting against the frost season

  • Usual frost danger
  • Possible: as early or late as it has come
  • Planting so far
Coldest night
4.2 °C
2.2 °C above the 2 °C frost danger line
Usual last frost
29 Aug
has come as late as 1 Oct
Next frost danger starts
23 Jun
as early as 4 Jun, 220 days from now
Frost-free season
295 days
in a typical year

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)

Harvests

No harvests recorded yet.

Seeds saved

No seeds saved yet.

Jobs

Cut plants down and leave the roots in

in 6 months

Pick pods while the beans are small

in 5 months

Pinch out the tips once pods set

in 4 months

Finished

Check for aphids on the tips

today

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Crop

Photo of Scottish broad bean

Scottish Broad Bean

Vicia faba

a variety of Fava Bean

  • 2 plantings
  • An annual, living about 21 days

World neighbours

Other Scottish broad bean plantings at the same latitude.