SNAKE BEANS – लंबी फली (16 Seed)

Snake Long Beans Growing Guide
🔹 Common name ➜ Snake beans, Long beans, Yardlong beans
🔹 Scientific name ➜ Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis
🔹 Type ➜ Climbing vegetable (legume) 🌿
🔹 Use ➜ Fresh vegetable, stir fry, export

✔️ Suitable for:
➜ Organic farming
➜ Natural farming
➜ Desi beej cultivation
➜ Trellis farming

🌟 Why Snake Beans?
✔️ Very long pods (1–2 feet) 📏
✔️ High yield crop 💰
✔️ Continuous harvesting ✂️
✔️ Fast growing vine 🌿
✔️ Ideal for: ➜ Market farming
➜ Kitchen garden
➜ Vertical farming

🌤️ Climate & Sowing Time 🇮🇳
India:
➜ Summer crop ➜ February – April 🌞
➜ Kharif crop ➜ June – July 🌧️

📍 Punjab:
➜ Best sowing: • February – May (best)
• July (rainy crop)
✔️ Best temperature: ➜ 25–35°C
🌾 Soil Requirement
➜ Best ➜ Well-drained loamy soil
➜ pH ➜ 6–7.5
✔️ Suitable for: ➜ Organic vegetable farming
➜ Light soil

🌱 Sowing Method
➜ Direct sowing
Seed rate: ➜ 4–5 kg per acre
Seed depth: ➜ 2–3 cm

🌿 Spacing
➜ Row ➜ 1.5–2 meter
➜ Plant ➜ 30–45 cm
✔️ Needs space for vine growth

🌿 Support System (Important)
➜ Trellis / net support
✔️ Benefits: ➜ Straight long pods
➜ Better yield
➜ Easy harvesting

🌿 Organic Fertilizer Plan
Before sowing:
➜ FYM ➜ 6–8 ton/acre
➜ Vermicompost
During growth:
➜ Jeevamrit spray
➜ Panchgavya
✔️ Improves: ➜ Pod length 🥒
➜ Production

💧 Irrigation
➜ Water every 4–6 days
Critical stages: ➜ Flowering 🌼
➜ Pod development
✔️ Keep soil moist

🐛 Organic Pest Control
Common pests:
➜ Aphids
➜ Pod borer 🐛
➜ Whitefly
Control:
➜ Neem oil spray 🌿
➜ Sticky traps
➜ Garlic-chilli spray
✔️ Suitable for: ➜ Organic vegetable farming

🌼 Flowering & Fruiting
➜ Starts ➜ 35–45 days
➜ Pods develop quickly

🧺 Harvesting
➜ First harvest ➜ 50–60 days
✔️ Harvest when: ➜ Pods tender
➜ Before seeds hard
✔️ Regular picking increases yield
⏳ Crop Duration
➜ Total life ➜ 3–4 months

📦 Yield
➜ Average ➜ 80–120 quintal/acre
✔️ High profit crop 💰
🌱 Special Benefits
✔️ Nitrogen fixing crop 🌿
✔️ Improves soil fertility
✔️ Continuous income
✔️ Best for: ➜ Sustainable farming
➜ Organic systems

🪴 Growing Snake Beans on Roof
✔️ Very good option 👍
Container:
➜ Grow bag ➜ 12–15 inch
Support:
➜ Vertical net / rope

Sunlight ☀️
➜ 6–8 hours sunlight
Production
➜ 1 plant ➜ 2–4 kg beans
✔️ Great for: ➜ Kitchen garden
➜ Fresh vegetable supply