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Dwarf French Bean Tasman Seeds

Botanical Name: Phaseolus vulgaris
  • An exceptionally productive, compact variety with smooth, straight pods and excellent flavour
  • Bred for enhanced pod-setting in hot weather and good disease tolerance, for consistently reliable harvests
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Dwarf French Bean Tasman Seeds yields dark green, rounded pods with exceptional flavour. Exceptionally productive and compact, this variety thrives in hot weather, making it perfect for continuous harvests of fresh, home-grown beans straight from your garden.

Key information

Botanical Name: Phaseolus vulgaris
Genus: Peas and Beans
For indoor sowing
When April to May.
Where In pots of moist compost.
How Sow one or two seeds per pot. Cover with 2.5cm of fine compost. Cover pots with glass or polythene. Firm gently and keep moist. Keep at approx. 15-20°C. Seedlings appear 7-14 days.
Care Remove cover when seedlings appear. Stand outside for a few days late May (avoid frosts). Transplant seedlings 25cm apart in rows 45cm apart. Support with twigs in windy sites if necessary. Keep moist and weed free.
Harvest June to October. Pick regularly to encourage further cropping.
For outdoor sowing
When May to early July.
Where In a prepared seed bed, delay sowing if soil is cold or waterlogged.
How Sow two seeds together 25cm apart, in rows 45cm apart. Cover with 5cm of fine soil. Firm gently and keep moist.
Care When large enough thin to strongest seedling. Support with twigs in windy sites if necessary. Keep moist and weed free.
Harvest July to October. Pick regularly to encourage further cropping.
Sow Indoors
Sow Outside
Flowers / Harvest

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