Farmers display the different kinds of climbing beans at the ISAR Research Centre in Mutarama. 15 new bean varieties have been developed, aimed at ensuring food security for thousands of farmers ...

Kari’s climbing bean varieties promise farmers high yields Monday, August 01, 2011 — updated on December 17, 2020 - 4 min read. Climbing beans at different stages of maturity.

Finally, if one of your bush bean plants dies or succumbs to disease, it's easy to just pull it out and replace it, saving you the work of cutting dead vines from a large climbing structure. Read ...

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Many varieties of climbing plants available. Updated: May. 26, 2010, 2:01 p.m. ... Hyacinth bean: A very vigorous climber, with many varieties available. Blooms with purple or white flowers.

We're proposing climbing beans as an intensification solution, mostly because they yield three times more than bush beans." Varieties of the common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, are essential for ...

To avoid this, gently hose down your plants with a fine spray nozzle at the end of the day to keep them cool. Ideally, runners need between five and 11 litres of water per square metre twice a week.

Yes, climbing beans have been proven to be the best type to grow for both ... Varieties include Nabe 12C, commonly known as sugar beans, the red mottled Nabe 26C and Nabe 28C, ...

"Climbing beans have a three-to-one yield advantage compared to bush bean varieties," Paul Kimani, regional bean breeder and professor at the University of Nairobi, told MediaGlobal.

One climbing bean plant can produce around 100 pods in a season, compared to a bush bean's 25 pods. Per hectare, climbing beans yield 4.2 to five tonnes of beans.