Dwarf French bean ‘Borlotto Lingua di Fuoco’
Phaseolus vulgaris · Vegetable · No. 13
- Sow under cover
- —
- Sow outdoors
- May–Jul
- Harvest
- Aug–Oct
- Germination
- 7–14 days
- Spacing
- 15 cm in the row, 45 cm between rows
- Days to harvest
- 70–90 from sowing
- Sun
- Full sun
- Seed saving
- Easy
| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outdoors | May | June | July | |||||||||
| Harvest | August | September | October |
Notes
Red-streaked pods for shelling. Pick fresh at 70 days or dry at 100+. Every dry bean is seed.
Saving seed · Easy
Self-pollinating annual. Seed ripens the same season. Keep 3 m from other varieties of the same plant.
- Mark two or three healthy plants early.
- Leave the fruit, pod or head to ripen fully on the plant.
- Dry the seed 7–14 days on paper, out of direct sun.