Tropical and subtropical vegetables (2+1)

Season and Cropping system

Season
There are two main growing seasons for French bean in the plains of India. The first sowing is done during July-September and May even extended up to September. The second sowing is early spring that is between January to February. In hilly regions seeds are sown on the month of March-May.

Cropping system
Being a leguminous crop, it fits well in any crop rotation. Red kidney varieties are preferred to white seeds in heavy rainfall areas. Such varieties also fit well in crop rotation with wheat. It can also be grown as an intercrop in widely spread cucurbits till the main crop begins to throw veins.