Lima bean · Puebla, Puebla, Mexico

When to plant lima beans in Puebla

Main outdoor window

29 Jan - 19 Feb

The window this page is built around.

Timed from last spring frost

15 January

In Puebla, on your chosen risk.

Ready to pick

1 Aug - 31 Oct

If you plant at the start of the window.

The average last frost. Half of all years are later than this.

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Step by step in Puebla

Each window is a range, not a single day. Earlier in the range buys you a longer season; later in it buys you a safer one.

Sow direct

29 Jan - 19 Feb

Two weeks after your last frost.

Harvest

1 Aug - 31 Oct

Frost tolerance

Tender

Damaged below

0°C (32°F)

Days to maturity

75–95

Min soil temp

18°C (64.4°F)

Spacing

20 cm

Sowing depth

40 mm (1.6 in)

Sun

Full

Lima beans through the year

Against the frost risk in Puebla

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Why these dates

Sow two weeks after the last frost into soil at 18C or warmer. Sowing into cold soil is the single commonest cause of failure with this crop.

Killed at 0C. Flowers drop rather than set if nights stay above 25C, so extreme heat is as much a problem as cold.

Seed packets and extension guides express timing as weeks either side of the last spring frost, because that is the only reference point that travels. Lima beans are timed for direct sowing 2 weeks after it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Puebla.

The median frost-free season here is 311 days, against 75 to 95 days to maturity for this crop counted from sowing. That margin is what decides whether a late sowing is worth attempting.

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Nearby

Lima beans in places close by

Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl 93 km Iztapalapa 96 km Mexico City 105 km Gustavo Adolfo Madero 107 km Ecatepec de Morelos 109 km

Also in Puebla

Other vegetables to time

Tomatoes tender Lettuce half hardy Potatoes half hardy Courgettes tender Sweet peppers tender Carrots hardy Cucumbers tender Green beans tender Peas hardy Garlic very hardy Chilli peppers tender Sweetcorn tender

Growing lima beans in Puebla

When should I plant lima beans in Puebla?

Aim for 29 Jan - 19 Feb in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 29 Jan - 19 Feb - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.

When will lima beans be ready to harvest in Puebla?

Expect to start picking around 1 Aug - 31 Oct, based on 75 to 95 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.

How much frost will lima beans tolerate?

Killed at 0C. Flowers drop rather than set if nights stay above 25C, so extreme heat is as much a problem as cold.