| Item Number |
30222
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| Description
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Climbing French Bean Borlotta Lingua di Fuoco 2 |
| Unit Price(£) |
1.40
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Easier to grow than pronounce. Bright green flat pods splashed with red which disappear on cooking. Can be used as a flageolet type.
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 65 plants per packets
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WHEN TO SOW
April to June
WHERE TO SOW
Early sowings in individual pots in glasshouse or cold frame. From early May sow two seeds 5cm deep and 20cm apart with 60cm between rows outside.
WHAT TO DO NEXT
Glasshouse seedlings should be gradually hardened off before planting outside in late May to the spacings above with a support cane at each planting station. Reduce outside sowings to single plants. Circular plantings can be made with canes joined at the centre to form a wigwam.
MATURITY
July onwards
HANDY TIP
The Beans can be harvested like a flageolet type and cooked or be left to ripen and stored as an attractive winter dry bean. |
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