Windsor Broad Bean - Seeds
$4.20
Latin name: Vicia faba
Windsor broad beans can be eaten in soups, various hot dishes, warm salads or simply as a side dish with a little butter and a pinch of sea salt.
Broad beans grow well in cool soil and should be sown as early as possible in May. The soil should be moist but well drained. Harvest when the beans appear to be swollen.
±15 seeds
Sowing: Early in May, after the risk of frost
Seed depth: 5 cm
Germination time: 8-15 days
Soil: fresh, drained, poor
Location: Sun
Distance between plants: 20 to 30 cm
Distance between rows: 75 to 90 cm
Height at maturity: 50 to 70 cm
Maturity: 80 days