French Climbing Bean A Cosse Violette

Description

French Climbing Bean A Cosse Violette

French Climbing Bean A Cosse Violette. A fantastic climbing variety with showy lavender flowers and purple veined leaves. A prolific performer it produces a heavy crop of beautiful deep purple, tender and string less pods. Best steamed as the pods leach their colour when boiled.

Cultivation Advice French Climbing Bean A Cosse Violette

Time to harvest: 12-14 weeks
Germination time: 7-14 days
Planting Depth: 2 inch
Spacing, Row: 18 inches
Spacing, Seeds: 6-9 inches
Light: Sunny Location
Beans are hungry crops that require ample organic matter dug in prior to sowing.
Sow in pots undercover in April for an earlier harvest or directly outside when all danger of frost has passed.
Protect young plants from pests.
Loosely tie in young plants to supports.
Feed once in flower with a high-potash fertiliser to prolong cropping.