Fava beans are usually best planted in the spring from March to April or in the fall from September to October.

Fava bean planting is divided into two kinds of spring and fall sowing, spring sowing should be timely and early sowing, generally in late March to early April sowing, to ensure that the seedling Qi, seedling even, seedling strong. Dry seed broad bean production should be avoided early fall sowing, generally in early October to early November sowing is appropriate, in order to avoid the broad bean flower period suffered from low-temperature frost damage. North and South planting broad bean time is a gap, the north is best in March to April for planting, the south can be planted in September to October, the survival rate of the summer and winter seasons is very low.

Because the temperature of these time periods is more suitable, the most favorable seed germination, usually in the form of sowing. Fava beans can be planted in greenhouses, the specific time can be chosen in mid-October, the specific planting time or according to the region and planting methods. Fava beans this plant is mainly distributed in the southern region of China, the more common places of origin are Jiangsu, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and other provinces.

Fava bean varieties and planting month introduction

October can be planted in Jiangsu fava beans, prevalent through the sericulture fresh series, growth of 140 days, here the fava bean yield is large, mu yield of 1293 kilograms. Yunnan broad beans can be planted in May, maturity time in October, rich in Baoshan translucent green broad beans, which is characterized by broad beans within the QinBi light, taste is very crispy.May can be planted in Heilongjiang broad beans, green abundance of No. 5 rich, the harvest period of about 105 days, broad beans bright color, seed large. There are not many varieties of fava beans, the more common Cixi large white silkworm, Cheng Hu 10, Yun Dou 324, etc..

Cixi big white silkworm can be planted in the spring, the fertility period of 213 days, with pods straight flat, thin seed coat, excellent quality and other characteristics. Spring can be planted cloud bean 324, plant life span of about 180 days, this broad bean has a wide grain shape, green skin, green umbilical cord characteristics. Tongjia Fresh No. 6 is usually planted in March, with a growth cycle of about 140 days. This kind of broad bean is characterized by straw green seed maturity, plant pod height medium, not easy to crack.