Grow your own delicious and nutritious beans with our Romano Bush Seeds.
Romano is a gourmet bean with a distinctive flavor. Wide, flat, 12.5-15 cm (5-6") pods grow in abundance on 38-50 cm (15-20”) tall plants. The stringless bush beans are very meaty when mature, and an excellent freezer variety. These tender beans are also perfect for soups, stews, or a side dish.
SKU: 142162
Common Name: Bean
Botanical Name: Phaseolus vulgaris
Growing Information
Safe for Bees
Grows Best In:
Full Sun
Days to Germination:
6 - 14 days
Water Needs:
Average 2.5-5 cm (1-2") per week
Days to Maturity:
59 days
Key Features
Plant Type: Vegetable
Plant Lifecycle: Annual
Fill Weight (grams): 18G
Approximate Seed Count: 45-50
Characteristics: Heavy yielder | Preserving variety | Frost-sensitive
Preparation Ideas: Rinse and cut pods into 1" pieces. Blanche in pot of boiling water, drain and place in bowl. Toss beans with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
Beans are a warm season crop and seeds should be sown directly into the garden when the soil is warm and all danger of frost is past. Optimum soil temperature (not air temperature) should be 15-29°C (59-84°F) for seeds to germinate. Planting at a lower temperature will delay germination. Space seeds and plant to the depth indicated below. Press seeds into the soil to ensure good contact and cover with 1.3 cm (1/2") of soil. After planting, water the seeds with a gentle mist or shower. It is critical to keep the soil consistently moist, but not soggy 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.
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Planting Depth: 2.5 cm (1")
Seed Spacing: Sow beans seeds roughly 10 cm (4") apart in rows, keeping rows approximately 60cm (24") apart.
Plant Spacing: 15 cm (6")
Instructions for Nutrient Care:
Feed plants SUPERthrive once per week. Mix 1.2 ml (1/4 tsp) per 4L (1 gallon) of water in a watering can and apply solution to the base of the plants.
Suggestions
Growing Suggestions:
Keep picking regularly to ensure continuous production.
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.
Avoid fertilizing with nitrogen, which results in a surplus of foliage and low, delayed pod growth.