Vegetables
Broad Bean 'Giant Exhibition Longpod'
Vicia faba
This vigorous variety of Broad Bean will produce up to ten white seeded beans per pod. It matures later than most so is ideal sown alongside Autumn grown varieties for a continuous crop of tasty Broad Beans. Great in salads, cooked or crushed – very healthy packed full of vitamins and minerals.
- Position
- Full Sun
- Height
- 1.3m
- Spread
- 30cm
Growing calendar
Sowing & growing
Sow between Oct-Nov or Feb inside in pots or in situ protected by cloches. Alternatively sow outside in Mar-Apr. 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 may need staking as they grow, to deter black fly pinch out the growing tips after the first flowers have set pods.
Gallery
Ref. SEB028