according to some things I have read, limas require more heat and a longer
growing season than other beans. Maybe that is your problem in general.
Unfortunately, beans don't usually transplant well, so I don't know if
starting them early indoors would do any good in your climate.
"donald girod" wrote in message
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Every year we plant lima beans (which we love) and rarely do we get more
than a couple of meals worth. We have a short growing season (most years
June 1 - October 1, but this year 5/15-10/15)) and it is often not too
warm and pretty wet in the summer (but this year hot and dry). Regardless,
the limas do poorly. This year the plants flourished and looked better
than they ever have, often the seeds don't even germinate, but they
blossomed late and did not set properly. Other beans in adjacent rows did
great. We have always planted Fordhook.

Does anybody have any advice? I would kill (well, no not really) to be
able to grow lima beans successfully.