La Semence Bio - Dwarf French Bean

Description : The Fructidor butter bean is dwarf, it produces fleshy pods, golden yellow, 15 cm, without thread. It is a tasty and melting butter bean, resisting well to the strong load in pods.

Family: Fabaceae (legumes)

Latin name: Phasolus vulgaris L. var. nanus

Exposition: sunny

Weight: 75 g

Growing instructions

Soil maintenance: light and well worked soil.

Sowing: 2 to 3 cm deep, in rows 50 cm apart, one seed every 5 cm or in pocks of 5 seeds every 20 cm. The bean germinates at a temperature higher than 14°C. Hoe regularly on the surface and 10 days after emergence and hoe the plant.

Emergence: in 9 to 12 days.

Watering : water copiously before sowing and after emergence.

Harvest: harvest 2 to 3 times a week.

Storage: one week in the vegetable bin.

Origin: beans come from Central America and the Andes.

Advice from La Semence Bio® : to have regular harvests, think of staggering your sowing (every 15 days).


In cooking

To consume hot or cold after a cooking al dente preferably to preserve all its vitamins.

Rich in fiber, vitamins and trace elements, low in calories, it has a strong satiety power.

The advice and suggestions are given as an indication only and therefore do not include a guarantee of harvest.