Vegetable Planting Calendar
Lima
beans, bush
- Approximate planting per person per year, fresh, 10 to 15 feet
- Approximate planting per person per year, process, 10 to 15 feet
- 1 pound of seeds for 100 feet of row
- Minimum row space if hand cultivated, 24 inches
- Minimum row space if using field implements, 42 inches
- 3 inches between plants in row
- Plant 1 inch deep
- 70 to 80 days from planting to eating stage
- 290 international units of vitamin A per 100 gram sample
- 15 milligrams of vitamin C per 100 gram sample
- Recommended varieties
- Henderson Bush
Popular baby lima
- Fordhook 242
Reliable large seeded lima. Sets pods well in hot weather.
- Recommended planting dates
- South Missouri
April 25 to May 20
- Central Missouri
May 15 to 25
- North Missouri
May 10 to 25
Lima
beans, pole
- 3 to 5 hills
- 3 to 5 hills
- 0.5 pound of seeds for 100 feet of row
- Minimum row space if hand cultivated, 30 inches
- Minimum row space if using field implements, 42 inches
- 36 inches between plants in row
- Plant 1 inch deep
- 85 to 95 days from planting to eating stage
- 290 international units of vitamin A per 100 gram sample
- 15 milligrams of vitamin C per 100 gram sample
- Recommended varieties
- King of the Garden
Large seeded lima; good quality
- Speckled Christmas
Large, speckled, full flavor
- Recommended planting dates
- South Missouri
May 1 to 15
- Central Missouri
May 10 to 15
- North Missouri
May 15 to 25
G6201, revised April 2000
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