Garter 'Purple Mart No.2' / 'AB-110'

Sowing method: Grows in the greenhouse on strings or stakes. Sow in pots in a warm place and then transplant, or sow directly in the greenhouse after mid-May. Sowing or planting distance: rows at 1m, 50 cm in the row. Ensure 25-35 plants per 10 m². Harvest the long thin pods early.

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Sowing/planting time:

• May
• June

Harvesting time:

• July
• August
• September

Soil type:

• All soil types

Cultivation location:

• Greenhouse
• Outdoors warm / sheltered

Position:

• Sun

• Flower colour: Purplish
• Origin: West Africa
• Average growth height: More than 200 cm
• Annual or perennial: Annual
• Attractive to insects: N/A
• Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
• Ease of cultivation: Moderate

• Latin: Vigna unguiculata
• Dutch: Garter
• Also known as: Yardlong bean. Kousbanti (Surinamese)
• English: Asparagus of Yardlong Bean

• All year round