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If you are after something special, this is the broad bean to choose.

The chestnut crimson beans retain their striking colour if lightly steamed rather than boiled, and have a taste we consider to be unequalled.

Try it for yourself - it's an absolute treat!

  • Delicious
  • Steaming keeps colour
Catalogue Number: 5030-0965
Packet Contains:
  • Sufficient for a 4m (12ft) row
Row Spacing:
  • 25cm / 10 in
Sowing distance:
  • 10cm / 4in
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growing information

Sowing Indoors

From February to May, seeds can also be sown individually 2.5cm (1in) deep, in 8cm (3in) pots of seed compost. After sowing, place pots in a cold frame or unheated greenhouse.

Keep moist but not saturated. Gradually accustom plants to outside conditions before setting them out from April onwards to their cropping positions at the spacings given above. This often gives an earlier crop than outdoor sowings.

Sowing Outdoors

Sow individual seeds 5cm (2in) deep and 10cm (4in) apart. Broad beans are usually sown in double rows about 25cm (10in) apart. Allow 60cm (24in) between each set of double rows.

Aftercare

To deter blackfly (sometimes a problem on broad beans) pinch out the growing tips of the plants when they are in full flower.

Special note

Pick them as young as possible for the very best flavour. When very young, they can be cooked and eaten in their pods. Broad beans are delicious cooked, cooled and used in salads too.

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Alwyn | 4 May 2008
5 / 5

As an inexperienced vegetable grower, I tried this last year with great sucess. I didnt have any problems with pests/disease and got a good crop that tasted and looked fantastic.

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