Unwins Dwarf French Bean Faraday Seeds are a dwarf variety that produce high yields of delicious, sweet French Beans.These slender, green beans have good disease resistance and will flourish in your vegetable patch with minimal support needed. Quick to grow Easy to pick Stringless beans High yielding Sow: April to JuneHarvest: July to SeptemberSow IndoorsSow individually in clean pots or modules of compost, 5 cm deep. Water well. Keep on a warm windowsill or in a propagator, maintaining a minimum temperature of 12°C.Growing On / Planting OutSlowly acclimatise to outdoor conditions before planting out in May to June when the risk of frost has passed, 15 to 20 cm apart in full sun, in soil with added organic matter. Keep soil moist at all times.Sowing OutdoorsSow direct into the required harvest location, 5 cm deep, 15 to 20 cm apart. Allow 30 cm between rows. Keep soil moist at all times. If planting in containers, choose one at least 30 cm in diameter.AdviceEach sowing of dwarf beans has a fairly short harvest period; sowing successive batches will give a longer crop. Use thin sticks to keep plants upright and pods off the soil. Pick regularly, once they are about 10 cm long and snap easily. Dwarf beans freeze well; simply blanch them in boiling water for a minute or two then drain, allow to cool and bag them for the freezer.
