French Bean (Climbing) Cobra (Organic)

French Bean (Climbing) Cobra (Organic) Description

Unwins Organic Climbing French Bean Cobra is a high yielding stingless bean that looks great growing in your veg patch.

Grow this climbing French bean with your runner beans to create a variety of textures and flavours. It's easy to grow and produces masses of beautiful violet flowers, followed by delicious, tender, stingless beans.

It can also be grown up wigwams for fantastic flower border displays. You'll get masses of organic beans for weeks on end.

Sow: April to June
Harvest: July to September

Sow Indoors
Sow individually in clean pots or modules of compost, 5 cm deep. Water well and keep on a warm windowsill or in a propagator at a minimum temperature of 12C.

Growing On / Planting Out
Acclimatise plants gradually to outdoor conditions before planting out in May-June once frost risk has passed. Space 15-20 cm apart in full sun, in soil enriched with organic matter. Climbing beans require support: use a double row of canes, 1.8 m tall, with 45 cm between rows. Keep soil consistently moist.

Sow Outdoors
Sow direct into the harvest location, 5 cm deep, 15-20 cm apart. Provide support with canes as described above. When growing in containers, choose one at least 75 cm in diameter, such as a half-barrel.

Advice
Install supporting canes before planting out or direct sowing. Pick beans regularly when about 10 cm long and snapping easily. Climbing beans produce over a longer period than dwarf varieties.