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Broad Bean 'Masterpiece Green Longpod'

Vicia faba, Fava Beans

Hardy Annual

A very good flavoured broad bean, with good pod length and remarkable table qualities. It may well be the best green-seeded variety, excellent for deep freezing and growing well under all conditions. Height: 75-90cm (30-36in).

Flowering Period:
May, June, July
Sowing Months:
February, March, April
Position:
full sun
    • 1 packet (50 seeds)

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    • Despatch: Within 7 Days
    • £2.49
Sow February to April in an open sunny site preferably on ground which has been manured for a previous crop. Sow in double rows 5cm (2in) deep, 23cm (9in) apart in the row. The double rows should be spaced 23cm (9in) apart and a distance of 46-60cm (18-24in) should be left before the next set of double rows.

Hoe regularly and cut off the tops of the plants as soon as four clusters of bloom are showing.

Harvest the beans when the pods are well filled and the seeds still soft.

Seeds and garden supplies will normally be delivered within the time period stated against each product as detailed above. Plants, bulbs, corms, tubers, shrubs, trees, potatoes etc are delivered at the appropriate time for planting and will be stated on the product page or in your order acknowledgement page and email.

Orders for packets of seed incur a P&P charge of £1.95.
Orders which include any other products will incur a P&P charge of £4.95.
Where an order includes both packets of seeds and other products a maximum P&P charge of £6.90 will apply - regardless of the number of items ordered.

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Reviews
  1. Prolific

    By Kirstine Oswald 26-09-2011

    I've tried a number of varieties but have come back to these are they are so prolific, even in cool summers in the North. I pick them when the beans are very small and they are very tender and can be eaten raw. The beans have a lovely flavour and freeze well without blanching (just lay out on a tray until frozen and pack tightly in plastic bags) and keep for at least a year at sub minus 20 degrees C. They grow very tall and need a lot of support otherwise wind or rain tips them over.

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