Unwins Dwarf Runner Bean Hestia Seeds
Unwins Dwarf Runner Bean Hestia Seeds produce delicious, stringless beans ideal for growing in a container. With good disease resistance, this variety of runner beans is easy to grow and produces a heavy crop.
Perfect for growing in containers, this is an ideal variety for gardeners with limited space or wanting to start growing veg. These stringless pods are of fine quality and good for eating, as well as showing! Later sowings will give tender beans right up until the first frosts.
- Perfect for small spaces
- Produces extra long beans
Sow Apr-May
Harvest Aug-Sep
Perfect For Pots
Product Highlights
Delicious, stringless beans ideal for growing in a container
Good disease resistance
Easy to grow and produces a heavy crop
Product Specification:
SKU: 31210039
Plant Spacing:
20cm
Plant Height:
50cm
Row Spacing:
30cm
Sowing Depth:
5-10cm
Sow Time To Flower:
3 months
Sow Time To Germination:
7-10 days
Spread:
20cm
Pack Quantity:
30
Colour:
Green
Tips & Advice:
Sowing Indoors
For an earlier crop, sow individual seeds in 8cm pots of potting compost. Keep the pots on a sunny windowsill, in a propagator, or in a greenhouse, maintaining a minimum temperature of 12°C. Ensure the compost remains moist at all times, but not saturated.
Hardening off / Planting out
Gradually accustom the young plants to outside conditions for 2-3 weeks before planting them out to their cropping positions from late May onwards, when the danger of frost has passed. Allow 30cm between plants, providing support with thin sticks, or plant in double rows 50cm apart. Alternatively, plant in a container at least 30cm in diameter.
Sowing Outdoors
Sow direct, 5cm deep, into the required harvest position (next to a cane support, or in a large container, as described previously) once the danger of frost has passed.
Aftercare
Runner beans require plenty of water to produce a good crop. Water generously in dry spells. When plants are in full flower, an occasional mid-day spraying with a fine hose encourages flower set and bean production. Runner beans are generally disease- and trouble-free. They thrive in a sunny position which is not exposed to cold winds.
Advice
Soil should be well-manured prior to planting. Runner bean seeds are sensitive to cold, wet soils and will not germinate in unfavourable conditions. Pick young for best flavour. Freeze surplus crops; slice and blanch for 2 minutes, then drain and cool before bagging for freezing.
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