Lima Bean

Lima Bean

Phaseolus lunatus

Sow outdoors 2 weeks after your last spring frost. Space plants 4 in (10 cm) apart.

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When to plant

Timed from your frost dates, so it holds wherever you garden. Give yours and every step below becomes a date.

See the dates for your garden

Enter your average last spring frost and first fall frost. Every timing on this site turns into a calendar date. Not sure of yours? Your local extension service or a search for “last frost date” and your town will tell you; the app finds them from your location.

Last spring frost
First fall frost

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Optimal Direct Sow

From seedRecommended
  1. Sow outdoors2 weeks after your last spring frost
  2. First harvestabout 75 days after sowing

Growing lima bean

Spacing in the row
4 in (10 cm)
Between rows
30 in (76 cm)
Planting depth
1-1.5 inches
Sun
Full Sun
Life cycle
Annual

Feeding

How often
At planting, then once at midseason. Give a light nitrogen side-dress a few weeks after emergence or at early pod set; limas fix less nitrogen than other beans, but too much makes vines and delays pods.

Your lima bean, planned to the day.

Canopy turns these timings into dates from your own frost data, places every plant at its spacing on your garden map, and tracks it all the way to harvest.

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