Viridis Hortus - 350 x Dwarf French Bean Safari Vegetable Seeds

Dwarf French Bean, Safari are great 'Kenya' bean, Safari will produce a great crop of uniform, stringless, green beans of supermarket quality - but with much more flavour because you can cook them just minutes after picking! Pods are carried high on the plants, making picking easy, and the plants have good disease-resistance. Dwarf French Bean Safari has an excellent plant habit and high pod attachment, performs well even in less favourable conditions. Pods are 6-8mm in diameter and 11cm long. Half-hardy Annual Sowing Months: April, May, June, July Flowering Period: July, August, September, October Position: Full sun Sowing: French beans are sub-tropical in origin and therefore highly susceptible to frost damage. If a late frost does catch seedlings the only option is to remove them and re-sow. Germination rates for all French beans are about 80% therefore sow seeds approximately every 15cm, in 5cm deep pre-watered drills. Handy Tip: A good tip is to sow two seeds in the last position on each row, meaning you have additional seedlings to fill in any gaps. A second tip, is don't pre-soak the beans as this encourages pest attack and reduces germination rates. Nutritional Value A good source of Pro-vitamin A, Vitamin K and Folic acid. Keep well watered and weeded (both tasks can be reduced by surrounding the plants with an organic mulch). Dwarf French beans can manage with short bamboo poles or sticks to scramble up Companion Plants: Potato, Cucumber, Maize, Strawberry, Celery, Summer Savory. Avoid Onion Suitable for the vegetable garden, allotments and containers. Be prepared to water well and supplement feed with high-potash feed during season. Regular feeding is recommended.