🫛 Sugar Beans farming in Zimbabwe
Short-season, high-value legume grown in summer rain-fed and winter irrigated slots.
- Season / planting window
- Rain-fed Dec–Jan; irrigated winter crop planted Feb–Mar in frost-free areas.
- Best regions
- Regions I–III on well-drained loams.
- Spacing / population
- 45 cm rows x 5–7 cm in-row.
- Expected yield
- 1.5–3 t/ha.
Stage by stage
Land preparation
Before planting
- Fine, firm, well-drained seedbed; beans hate waterlogging.
- Target pH 5.5–6.5.
Fertiliser and chemicals
- FertiliserCompound L or D basal
200–300 kg/ha · At planting
- FertiliserAmmonium nitrate (light)
50–100 kg/ha · 3 weeks, only if nodulation poor
Field tip
Use certified, disease-free seed — most bean diseases are seed-borne.
The rest of this sugar beans guide
- 4 more stages, from land preparation through to storage
- 4 more fertiliser, herbicide, pesticide and fungicide entries with rates
- All field tips, plus the printable and downloadable version
- Your own crop, cost and activity records in the FarmInvest app
Full farming cycle guides
Free and complete — land, equipment, crops, inputs and harvest.