Quick facts
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*Diverse Population ALERT* Grow this population as is or use for your at home plant breeding project. It’s crop adaptation made simple- select those plants that grow best for you, save seeds, plant them next year, and repeat.
*Low Impact Food ALERT* No energy intensive food processing necessary for winter eating
- 3 rare varieties in one mix
- Beautiful seeds!
- Relatively short-season pole lima beans
Phaseolus lunatus
Pole Limas. Lima Bean Liberated Blend is a mix of our 3 popular pole limas. This gives you a beautifully diverse dry bean mix of limas, or pick them earlier for shelling limas.
How to grow it:
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Germ Temp |
Indoor Start |
Germ Days |
Frost Tolerant |
Sun |
Seed Depth |
Plant/Row Spacing |
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75-85 |
Not rec. |
6-17 d. |
No |
Full |
1-1.5” |
3-6”/8-10” |
Direct sow 1" deep near a trellis after all danger of frost has passed. In row spacing is 3" with 8" between rows. Soaking seeds for 2-4 hours can hasten germination time. Planting with bean specific bacterial inoculum may help boost yields, especially if planting where beans have not grown before.
Seed specs: Packet size: 10 seeds