Growing Calendar for Dwarf French Bean - Supremo (Borlotti Bean) Seeds
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Supremo forms a dwarf bush and has attractive pods and beans which have a creamy background with red flecks.
These French Bean plants are high yielding with pods about 16-17cm in length. The beans can be eaten fresh or dried.
Supremo also has good disease resistance.
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I had a very similar problem last year - I bought dwarf beans as my vegetable patch is only around 4ft wide. However, these rapidly became triffids climbing easily up to around 6ft. The packet definitely states they are a 'dwarf' variety - they were certainly very pretty, but no 5th start as I wanted a bush....
This was in no way a dwarf plant in my Yorkshire garden. It topped the 6' fence and climbed over into next door's elder bush faster than the blink of an eye. Well, almost. It's a bit of a Jack-and-the-Beanstalk story; the leaves were up to 5" across & 7" long (I just measured one). I'm wondering now if the seeds were actually Solista that somehow ended up in the wrong packet? The pods are a thing of beauty, in fact the whole plant is; not quite English, somehow, but very pretty. I've been harvesting the pods that rattle today (ie dried beans), as the sample I took when the pods looked to be ready at the start of September turned out to be still green--though I have to say even those were pleasant to eat, tasting vaguely like young broad beans. The number of beans per pod today ranged from 3 to 8, with the majority of pods holding 5 or 6 beans, and yes they do look like proper Borlottis now. This would have been a 5 star review if I was certain I had the seeds stated on the packet (I do still have the packet) and the packet didn't say "Dwarf" on it. If only my runners had done this well!
Barlotti Bean creamy colour with red flecks
Sow Indoors: April-May, singly in clean pots or modules of compost 2in (5cm) deep. Water well. Keep warm.
Sow Outdoors: May-June, direct into the required harvest position, 2in (5cm) deep, 4in (10cm) apart in rows 10in (25cm) apart. Keep soil moist at all times.
Plant Out: Indoor raised crops May-June 6in (15cm) apart after the risk of frost has passed in rows 10in (25cm) apart.
Harvest: July-October.
The beans can be eaten fresh or dried.
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