Vegetable
New

• Crops in : June to October

Description

This compact and disease-resistant bean is ideal for use in containers. The slender, straight, attractive, pale yellow pods of Dwarf Bean Concador are produced over a long picking period. Growing to about 12cm (5in) long, the pods are flavoursome and easy to pick. Resistant to bean common mosaic virus, anthracnose and halo blight.

Sowing Instructions

For earliest crops under glass sow seeds February onwards. Sow mid April in pots indoors to plant outdoors from late May. Sow May to July outdoors.

Indoors: Sow seeds individually in 7.5cm (3in) pots at 18-21C (65-70F) from mid April for transplanting outdoors after frost risk has passed.
Outdoors : Sow seeds direct into warm soil from late May to late July. Sow 2 or 3 seeds 5cm (2in) deep, allowing 20cm (8in) between each group of seeds, and 45cm (18in) between rows. No need to thin out. Note: Germination can be erratic in cold, wet soils.

Growing Instructions

Use cloches to aid establishment of earliest sowings. Hoe regularly and keep well watered and mulched during dry periods.

Aftercare

Harvest regularly whilst young for highest yields and to extend the season. Plants will require some form of support such as canes or netting to climb up.

Nutritional Information

Climbing and Dwarf beans are a good source of Vitamin A and K.