Lazy Housewife Runner Beans – 20 Seeds

There are two types of Lazy Housewife Runner Beans. The one has white seed and the other brown seed. The seed on offer here is for the brown seed variety. Lazy Housewife Bean is a heavy bearer that produces an abundance of  flat sickle shaped pods. It is a late-season runner variety bean that is often slow to start climbing.

Growing Lazy Housewife Runner Beans

Indoor Sowing: Not Recommended.

Direct Sowing: Spring and Summer.

• All types of beans should be sown after the danger of frost has passed and the soil has warmed to at least 10 C.
• Sow all beans except cowpea, yard-long and lima beans 2.5 cm deep in heavy soil or 4 cm deep in light soil.
• The other three types of beans (cowpea, yard-long and lima) should be planted 1 cm deep in heavy soil and 2.5 cm deep in light soil.
• Cover the seeds with sand, peat, vermiculite or aged compost to prevent soil crusting.
• Plant bush bean seeds 5-10 cm apart in rows that are 61-91 cm apart.
• Plant pole beans in either rows or hills with seeds 15-25 cm apart in rows that approximately 1m apart. Provide support for pole beans as well.
• Growing beans, regardless of type, do not need supplemental fertilizer but they do need consistent irrigation, especially while budding and on into setting pods.
• Water bean plants with an inch of water per week depending upon weather conditions. Water in the morning so the plants can dry rapidly and avoid fungal disease.