Beans & peas · warm season
Lima beans
Phaseolus lunatus
A heat crop. Bush baby limas are more realistic in northern Ohio than long-season pole types.
- When to plant in Ohio
- Direct sow early June when soil is truly warm
- Harvest window
- August through September
- Days to maturity
- 70–90
- Spacing
- 6 in.; pole types on a trellis
- Light
- Full sun, heat
How to grow it
Do not plant in cool soil—seed rots. Fordhook 242 and Henderson Bush finish here. Pick when pods plump but before they yellow for fresh limas, or dry on the vine for storage.
Related beans & peas
Bush green beans 50–60
Pole beans 60–70
Garden peas 55–70
Snap peas 60–70