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French Bean 'Limka'
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Tried & tested by Sarah
Super productive variety
Easy to grow
Heavy-producing white-flowered climbing bean, with tasty, tender, flat, stringless beans all summer
- Loved by Pollinators
Product details
- Type
- Edible Crop
- Position
- Kitchen Garden
- Soil
- Broad Tolerance
- Height
- 2.1m (7ft)
- Common name
- Climbing French Bean
- Moisture
- Moist but Well-drained
- Aspect
- Full sun
- Spread
- 15cm (6in)
- Cultivation
- Sow under cover one or two seeds per pot from mid-April-May. Harden off before planting out in late May when seedlings are 5cm (2in) tall. Sow direct outside, 5cm (2in) deep, after the last frosts, mid May-July.
Care Tips
Will grow best in a sunny position with fertile, well-dug soil that has had plenty of organic matter added. Provide support with tall canes or bean poles. Water well during dry weather and apply a mulch to help keep moisture in the soil.
