Tropical and subtropical vegetables (2+1)

Climate and Soil

Climate
French bean requires mild worm weather for good yield. It is a day neutral crop except some few semi-pole varieties which are short day types. It is sensitive to frost and very high temperature. The optimum temperature ranging between 15-250C. It is also sensitive to high temperature and high RH. The plants shed their blossom or young pods in very hot or rainy weather.

Soil
French bean is grown in variety of soils ranging from light sandy soils to clay soils but it can withstand water logging. The optimum soil pH is between 5.3 and 6.0. High moisture content and high nitrogen caused delay in maturity.