How to Grow Mung Beans in the Calgary Climate
Mung beans can be successfully grown as a warm weather crop in Calgary, which has average summer temperatures of 16 to 20 Celsius (or 60 to 68 degrees Fahrenheit). Wait until the frost danger has passed to plant your mung beans, which need 90 to 120 frost-free days to mature. Temperatures may dip even in the hot months, so having a fabric row cover on hand ensures your mung bean plants extra protection from chilly nights. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Soil pH kit
- Shovel
- Small spade
- Mung bean seeds
- Water
- Row cover sheet
- Plastic stakes
- Garden gloves
- Lime (optional)
Instructions
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Determine where to plant your mung beans. They need six to eight hours of sun per day. If you're planting them for the first time, you'll need to spray a nitrogen inoculate on the soil. Wait until frost danger has passed for the season to plant your mung bean seeds.
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Test your soil using a home pH kit. Mung beans prefer a pH of 6.2 to 7.2, so you may need to raise your soil's pH using lime.
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Work the dirt in the garden bed using a shovel. Turn over all the dirt to aerate it, and pick out any stones or debris you find. Mung beans prefer a well-draining and sandy soil, so amend your soil by adding compost or potting soil and sand using two parts native soil to one part each of sand and potting soil.
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Use a small spade to create rows spaced 2 to 3 feet apart. Remove the mung beans from their seed packet and sow them at a depth one 1 1/2 inches in the soil, spreading nine mung bean seeds per foot. Cover the plants over with soil.
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Water the area thoroughly, ensuring the soil gets saturated. Allow the garden bed to dry out before performing another deep watering.
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Cover mung beans with a fabric row cover if the temperatures fall at night. Spread the row cover over the mung bean crop and press into the ground using plastic stakes.
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Remove the row cover to allow access to sunshine when the weather warms.
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