Growing fava beans in your dome greenhouse is easy, rewarding and great for your soil. Fava beans are also a great early spring or fall crop as they are frost hardy.

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Growing Fava Beans in a Greenhouse - Bean There, Dome That

Growing fava beans in your dome greenhouse is easy, rewarding and great for your soil. Fava beans are also a great early spring or fall crop as they are frost hardy.

• Family:Fabaceae
• Botanical Name: Vicia faba
• Common Name: Fava beans, broad beans, horse beans, Windsor beans
• Type: Vegetable
• Light: Full sun, part sun
• Soil pH: Acidic, neutral
• Zone: 2-10 (USDA) - Can be extended in a dome
• Size: 2-6 ft. tall

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Fava beans are in the same family as peas and also fix nitrogen in the soil. However, unlike peas, they are not twining plants. They may still need a support or trellis as they can get top heavy with the bean pods.

Best Location in a Dome for Fava Beans

Fava beans like full to part sun, so plant them where they get at least 6 hours of sunlight per day. They can grow up to six feet tall which can provide shade for those companion plants that need it.