Vegetables
Broad Bean 'Masterpiece Green'
Vicia faba
Quick to mature from a Spring sowing. This prolific cropper will give you long, well filled pods of up to seven delicious green beans. Best picked when young and at their most tender, the beans are excellent for blanching and then freezing.
- Position
- Full Sun
- Height
- 90cm
- Spread
- 30cm
Growing calendar
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Sow outdoors
Harvest
Sowing & growing
Sow between Feb-Apr in either pots, seed trays or in situ. Sow 5cm deep. If direct sowing, sow in rows or double rows, 23cm apart and between rows. Water well. Broad beans like full sun, protected from winds in rich, fertile soil. Stake stems as they grow.
Aftercare
Broad beans can suffer from blackfly infestations. To deter, pinch out the growing tips after the first flowers have set pods.
Gallery
Ref. SEB027