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Bean : Broad Bean : Imperial Green Longpod
Bean : Broad Bean : Imperial Green Longpod
Vegetable
- Days to Harvest: 100 Days
- Height: 36 inches
- Ideal for: Children
Description
15-inch+ pods with up to nine large beans. Succulent, tasty and suitable for freezing. (Green Seeded)
Sowing Instructions
| Sowing time: | Outdoors in late winter to early spring as soon as soil is workable as pods must mature in cool weather. |
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| Sowing depth: | sow in double rows 5cm (2in) deep, 23cm (9in) apart in the row. The double rows should be spaced 23cm (9in) apart and a distance |
Sow in an open sunny site preferably on ground which has been manured for a previous crop. Early sowing is essential as they prefer cool conditions. To warm up the soil, cover the rows with plastic covers of milk cartons until germination.
Growing Instructions
Hoe regularly and cut off tops of the plants as soon as four clusters of bloom are showing. The tops are tender and can be eaten like spinach. Harvest the beans when the pods are well filled and the seeds still soft. (100 days to harvest).