Beans - Broad
- Seeds per pack: 15+
Seed Details
Broad Bean Bonanza!
Looking to jazz up your soups or want a snack that isn’t just air pretending to be food? Try roasting broad beans like pumpkin seeds and watch your taste buds do the cha-cha! These mighty plants thrive in cool, well-drained moist conditions, so they’re basically the Goldilocks of gardening. Harvest them when the beans are as plump as your Uncle Bob after Thanksgiving dinner. Also known as the Fava Bean, these beauties come with bonus points for not needing any support stakes and boasting flowers that are prettier than a prom queen’s corsage. So, grab some seeds and let the garden party begin!
Instructions
Sow 5 cm deep in well-worked earth in May and April.
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| Type: | Vegetables |
|---|---|
| Seed #: | 169 |
| Latin Name: | Vicia Faba |
| Variety: | Heirloom |
| Colour: | green |
| Temperature (C): | 10 - 15 |
| Zone: | 3+ |
| Blooms: | 60 to 90 days |
| Site: | Full Sun or Part Shade |
| Quantity: | 15 |
| Height (cm): | 80 - 100 |
| Spread (cm): | 5 - 10 |
For millennia broad beans were a valuable source of protein, especially when meat was scarce. Broad beans contain copper, niacin, folate and vitamin C. As with all beans, fresh beans provide more of these nutrients than dried.
Broad beans are believed to have originated in the Mediterranean. Archaeological digs at Iron and Bronze Age settlements, in different parts of Europe, show that they have been an important food staple for thousands of years.
