{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "record_type": "plant",
  "slug": "broad-bean",
  "common_name": "Broad bean",
  "botanical_name": "Vicia faba",
  "family": "Fabaceae",
  "summary": "Broad beans are cool-season legumes that provide an early crop when given full sun, free-draining soil, support against wind and reliable moisture during flowering.",
  "categories": [
    "pod vegetable",
    "cool-season crop",
    "legume"
  ],
  "growth_habits": [
    "dwarf",
    "upright"
  ],
  "lifecycle": "Annual",
  "difficulty": "Easy",
  "requirements": {
    "light": {
      "minimum_direct_sun_hours": 6,
      "preferred_direct_sun_hours": 8
    },
    "soil_ph": {
      "minimum": 5.6,
      "maximum": 7.0
    },
    "container": {
      "minimum_volume_litres": 20,
      "minimum_diameter_cm": 40,
      "plants_per_container": 3
    },
    "spacing": {
      "minimum_cm": 15,
      "maximum_cm": 23
    },
    "planting_out": {
      "minimum_reliable_temperature_c": 3,
      "frost_tolerant": true,
      "label": "Sow outside",
      "note": "Hardy cultivars tolerate light frost; cold, saturated soil can rot seed."
    },
    "harvest": {
      "typical_uk_months": [
        "May",
        "August"
      ]
    }
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "rhs-growing-broad-beans",
      "publisher": "Royal Horticultural Society",
      "url": "https://www.rhs.org.uk/vegetables/broad-beans/grow-your-own",
      "supports": [
        "varieties",
        "sowing",
        "spacing",
        "containers",
        "support",
        "watering",
        "harvest"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "osu-fava-beans",
      "publisher": "Oregon State University",
      "url": "https://horticulture.oregonstate.edu/oregon-vegetables/beans-fava",
      "supports": [
        "soil_ph",
        "soil",
        "rotation",
        "cultivars",
        "season_length"
      ]
    }
  ]
}