BROAD BEAN - Coles Dwarf

OP Open Pollinated

HL Heirloom

(20 seeds)

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A favourite since 600 BC

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This broad bean variety has been grown since before the time of Christ. But it’s no museum piece for all that – the flavourful beans Read More

This broad bean variety has been grown since before the time of Christ. But it’s no museum piece for all that – the flavourful beans can be picked young and eaten as snap beans, or you can allow the pods to mature for a nutritious harvest of bean seeds for soups and stews. You can also risk sowing them early thanks to their tolerance of frost. Eat like your ancestors!

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Quantity

Days to Harvest

70-75 days

Position/Sunlight

Full Sun

Watering

Medium

Plant Spacing

15-30cm

Plant Height

45-60cm

Additional Features

Containers, Cuisine, Direct-Sow Seeds, Easy Care Plants, Edible, Soil Builder

Product Details

Common Name: BROAD BEAN - Coles Dwarf

Seeds Per Packet: Approx 20

Days to Harvest: 70-75 days

Watering: Medium

Plant Spacing: 15-30cm

Row Spacing: 40-60cm

Additional Features: Containers, Cuisine, Direct-Sow Seeds, Easy Care Plants, Edible, Soil Builder

Scientific Name: Vicia faba

Germination Time: 7-10 days

Position/Sunlight: Full Sun

Plant Height: 45-60cm

Cool/Mountain Sow: Oct-Jan

Arid Sow: Aug-Jun

Temperate Sow: Oct-Jan

Sub-Tropical Sow: Aug-Jun

Tropical Sow: Feb-Oct
Growing Information

How to Sow

Bush bean plants can sometimes produce pods all at once so it's important to stagger the sowing of seed across the entire growing seasons to avoid a glut and ensure that fresh beans are always available to pick. Whilst staking is not always required for these plants, pod laden plants may fall over so using a modest stake is advisable. As with all beans, sow directly into a rich soil and keep mulched to improve water retention. When sowing do not allow soil to get too wet and seeds are prone to rot.

How to Harvest

It is best to harvest beans once the pods are about the thickness of a pencil and roughly 10cm long. Harvest daily to increase production and try to eat or preserve immediately to enjoy the best flavour.
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Richard Monk

Bean There Done That
The beans have all germinated and are currently flowering well . I expect to be picking a bumper crop of succulent beans over an extended growing period. I planted the beans in both a raised garden bed as well as some 100 litre potato bags following a success crop of lovely spuds. As I still have seeds left over I will sow a succession crop to ensure that i have lovely beans during our peak growing season (Autumn and Winter here in the sub tropics). My dwarf tomato seeds (Gondwana lightning and Sweat Sue) have germinated in the punnets and will be ready for planting out late Summer for the peak growing season.
loking forward to getting more seeds next year.

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Charlene S.

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Margaret R.

Growing well look healthy

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John K.

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Pietro Z.

Veri GOOD THey are all Growing

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How to Sow

Bush bean plants can sometimes produce pods all at once so it's important to stagger the sowing of seed across the entire growing seasons to avoid a glut and ensure that fresh beans are always available to pick. Whilst staking is not always required for these plants, pod laden plants may fall over so using a modest stake is advisable. As with all beans, sow directly into a rich soil and keep mulched to improve water retention. When sowing do not allow soil to get too wet and seeds are prone to rot.

How to Harvest

It is best to harvest beans once the pods are about the thickness of a pencil and roughly 10cm long. Harvest daily to increase production and try to eat or preserve immediately to enjoy the best flavour.

Common Name: BROAD BEAN - Coles Dwarf

Seeds Per Packet: Approx 20

Days to Harvest: 70-75 days

Watering: Medium

Plant Spacing: 15-30cm

Row Spacing: 40-60cm

Additional Features: Containers, Cuisine, Direct-Sow Seeds, Easy Care Plants, Edible, Soil Builder

Scientific Name: Vicia faba

Germination Time: 7-10 days

Position/Sunlight: Full Sun

Plant Height: 45-60cm

Cool/Mountain Sow: Oct-Jan

Arid Sow: Aug-Jun

Temperate Sow: Oct-Jan

Sub-Tropical Sow: Aug-Jun

Tropical Sow: Feb-Oct

12 reviews For BROAD BEAN - Coles Dwarf

Bean There Done That

The beans have all germinated and are currently flowering well . I expect to be picking a bumper crop of succulent beans over an extended growing period. I planted the beans in both a raised garden bed as well as some 100 litre potato bags following a success crop of lovely spuds. As I still have seeds left over I will sow a succession crop to ensure that i have lovely beans during our peak growing season (Autumn and Winter here in the sub tropics). My dwarf tomato seeds (Gondwana lightning and Sweat Sue) have germinated in the punnets and will be ready for planting out late Summer for the peak growing season.
loking forward to getting more seeds next year.