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Bean Seeds, Broad Windsor Bush
Vicia faba
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Broad Windsor beans are prolific yielders. Plants produce long 15-20 cm (6-8") pods with 4-6 large, flat beans inside. This variety is also tolerant of frost, and has fragrant flowers.
- SKU: 140092
Growing Information
Grows
Best In:
Full Sun
Days to
Germination:
6 to 14 days
Water
Needs:
Average 2.5-5 cm (1-2") per week
Days to
Maturity:
60 to 70 days
Growing Height:
45-60 cm (18-24")
Key Features
- Plant Type: Vegetable
- Botanical Name: Vicia faba
- Fill Weight (grams): 18
- Approximate Seed Count: 12-15
- Planting Method: Sow Direct
- Plant Lifecycle: Annual
- Seed Type: Heirloom
- Water Needs: Average 2.5-5 cm (1-2") per week
- Flavor: Meaty and hearty
- Tolerance: frost
- Companion Planting: Plant near beets, corn, lovage, naturtiums, rosemary, squash, strawberries, sunflowers
- Preparation Ideas: Remove beans from pods and rinse with water. Boil beans in water just until tender and drain. Fry desired amount of chopped bacon until browned. For enhanced taste, add chopped onion and garlic. Add beans to the bacon mixutre and fry for 5 minutes to blend flavors, stirring frequently.
Instructions
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Growing Instructions:
- Planting Depth: 2.5 cm (1")
- Seed Spacing: 10 cm (4")
- Plant Spacing: 15 cm (6")
- Row Spacing: 60 cm (24")
Sow bean seeds directly into the garden when the soil is warm and all danger of frost is past. Space seeds and plant to the depth indicated below. Press seeds into the soil to ensure good contact. After planting, water the seeds with a gentle mist or shower. It is critical to keep the soil consistently moist during germination. When your seedlings reach a height of a few centimetres (inches) and have developed 2 or 3 pairs of leaves, it is important to thin them out, according to the plant spacing indicated below. Do not allow the soil to become dry, as young plants have underdeveloped roots and can quickly dehydrate, particularly in windy conditions. Bean seeds can be succession planted every 2 to 3 weeks until mid-July for a continuous supply of fresh beans.
Suggestions
Growing Suggestions:
- Too many beans maturing at one time? Try sowing 1/2 or 1/3 of a row one or two weeks apart to extend the harvesting of fresh flavorful beans.
- Avoid working among plants while the foliage is damp or wet as this can encourage and spread fungal and bacterial diseases such as powdery mildew, blight, rust, etc.
- When weeding, hoe gently because beans are shallow-rooted. Mulch plants only after thinning.
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