Runner bean ‘Scarlet Emperor’
Phaseolus coccineus · Vegetable · No. 11
- Sow under cover
- Apr–May
- Sow outdoors
- May–Jun
- Harvest
- Jul–Oct
- Germination
- 7–14 days
- Spacing
- 15 cm in the row, 60 cm between rows
- Days to harvest
- 80–100 from sowing
- Sun
- Full sun
- Seed saving
- Moderate
| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under cover | April | May | ||||||||||
| Outdoors | May | June | ||||||||||
| Harvest | July | August | September | October |
Notes
Red flowers, climbing 2.5 m. Bees cross runner bean varieties. Leave pods to dry on the vine; shell when they rattle.
Saving seed · Moderate
Insects cross it with other varieties. Grow one variety, isolate, or bag and hand-pollinate.
- Grow one variety of this plant, or keep 50 m from others.
- Or bag three flowers before they open and hand-pollinate.
- Leave the seed to ripen fully, then dry 7–14 days.