Metro (Rouge) / Meterbohne / Spargelbohne/yardlong bean/asparagus bean
Variety
Metro (Rouge) / Meterbohne / Spargelbohne/yardlong bean/asparagus bean
Approved Data
created by Dietmar H. at 21.05.2021
Seed packet
Features
Color
green
Location
planting: greenhouse
planting: outdoor
Heat requirement: high
sheltered from the wind
Fruit shape
elongated
Growth habit
growth habit: high ranking
Climbing plant
Taste
delicate
Potatoe aroma
Cultivation Break
3 Years
Season Overview
Propagating
Planting
Harvest
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Description
Metre bean Metro Austrosaat Gourmet Edition Meter Bean Metro (Vigna unguiculata ssp. sesquipdalis) grows up to one meter long in its native habitat. In the Central European climate area, 40-60 cm/15.7-23.6 in long beans can be expected. Preparation is the same as for other beans. Direct sowing: On finely prepared bed, about 3 m/3.3 yd long stalks are inserted into the soil at a distance of 100x50 cm/39.4x19.7 in. Approximately 20 cm/7.9 in away in a circle around the sticks are sown 6-7 grains each about 1-2 cm/0.4-0.8 in deep.
Non hybrid
Not frost resistant
Growing tips
Spargelbohnen benötigen möglichst gleichmäßige Tag- und Nachttemperaturen, welche nicht unter 16°C/61°F fallen sollten, also einen sonnig-warmen und geschützten Platz oder ein luftiges (aber zugluftgeschütztes) Gewächshaus. Ende Mai bis Anfang Juni direkt ins Freiland säen (Vorziehen ab Mitte April auch möglich), ab 16°C/61°F Bodentemperatur (Keimtemperatur 14-22°C/57-72°F); Keimdauer: ca. 1 Woche bei warmer Witterung. Anhäufeln ist empfehlenswert; zwischen Juni und September alle 14 Tage düngen (keinen frischen Mist!), bei Trockenheit (besonders während der Ernte) wässern. Ernte nach ca. 60-90 Tagen (ab Ende Juli/Anfang August), fortlaufend jung (wenn die Hülsen noch glatt sind). Zarte Fisolen und wiederholte Ernten sind das Ergebnis.
Details
Light requirement
Sunny
Water requirement
Moist
Soil
Medium (loamy)
Nutrient requirement
Medium
Plant distance
10 cm
Row spacing
20 cm
Seeding depth
2 cm
Companion Plants
Abyssinian cabbage / Ethiopian mustard
Asparagus
Aubergine / Eggplant
Beetroot
Black salsify
Blackberry / Brambles
Borage
Broccoli
Broccoli raab / Stem cabbage / Cima di rapa
Brussels sprouts
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage (Cabbage)
Cabbage (Pointed cabbage)
Cabbage (red cabbage)
Cabbage (Savoy cabbage)
Calliopsis / Tickseed
Caraway / Meridian fennel / Persian cumin
Carrots
Cauliflower
Celery (Celeriac / Celery root)
Celery (Celery)
Celery (Leaf celery / Chinese celery)
Celtuce / Stem lettuce
Chard
Chili
Chinese kale - Kai-lan / Chinese broccoli
Collard greens (Kale)
Collard greens (Tuscan kale / Dinosaur kale / Palm tree kale)
Common marigold
Coneflower (Echinacea)
Corn / Maize
Courgette / Zucchini
Cucumber (Caigua)
Cucumber / Gherkin
Currant
Dill
Garden squash - Patisson / UFO squash
Gooseberry
Hair cucumbers / snake gourds
Kohlrabi / German turnip / Turnip cabbage
Lettuce (Common chicory)
Lettuce (Endive / Escarole / Erisée)
Lettuce (Lamb's lettuce)
Lettuce (Lettuce)
Lettuce (Oriental greens / Brown mustard)
Lettuce (Puntarelle / Cicoria di catalogna / Cicoria asparago)
Lettuce (Radicchio / Italian chicory)
Lettuce (Sugar loaf)
Melon (Sugar melon)
Melon (Watermelon)
Mizuna / Japanese mustard greens
Napa cabbage / Chinese cabbage
Nasturtium
Nightshades (Other)
Oregano
Ornamental pumpkin
Pak Choi
Pepper / Paprika
Physalis
Potato
Pumpkin / Squash
Radish
Radishes
Rapini / Broccoli rabe
Rhubarb
Rudbeckia (Coneflower / Black-eyed-susans)
Rutabaga / Swedish turnip
Sage
Savory
Spinach (Summer)
Spinach (Winter)
Sponge gourd / Egyptian cucumber / Vietnamese luffa
Strawberry
Tagetes / Marigolds
Tomato (Cocktail bush tomato)
Turnip
Turnip greens - Choy Sum / Chinese flowering cabbage
Turnip greens - Mizuna
Turnip greens - Tatsoi
Turnip-rooted chervil
Turnips - Oilseed turnips
Turnips - Wild turnips
Vegetable cabbage - Forage cabbage
Vegetable cabbage - wild cabbage / ancient cabbage
Yalta tomatoes
Antagonistic Plants
Bean ((Scarlet) runner bean)
Bean (Broad bean / Faba bean / Field bean)
Bean (Dwarf bean)
Bean (Hyacinth bean / Lablab-bean)
Bean (Lima Bean)
Chickpea
Chives
Chives
Elderberry
Evergreen
Fennel
Florence fennel / Finocchio
Forsythia
Garlic
Garlic chives
Ivy
Jerusalem artichoke / Topinambur
Larkspur
Leeks
Lentils
Lilac
Lovage
Onion
Onion (Spring onion)
Ornamental alliums
Pea
Peony
Rapeseed - Sheer cabbage / Siberian cabbage
Soybean
Wild garlic
Diseases
Fusarium
Root Rot
Ascochyta blight
Bean Mosaic Virus
Common Bacterial Blight (Bean Blight)
Bean Rust
Downy mildew
Powdery mildews
Grey mold
Pests
Bean Seed Fly
Cicadas
Spider mites
Black bean aphid
Aphids
Land snails
