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Broad beans 'de Monica' 75g

Broad beans 'de Monica' 75g

Product number: 049970
Origin: Mediterranean region
Latin: Broad bean

THE EARLIEST BROAD BEAN WE KNOW!
'De Monica' is a greatly improved variety from 2010; the pods are extra long (around 20 cm) and filled with robustly flavoured broad beans. The plants are disease-resistant and the broad beans can be harvested very early. This variety is very flexible: it also yields good harvests in Southern Europe and is remarkably winter-hardy here, even though they are almost as early if you sow them in early spring... The plants grow to about 100-125 cm tall, have black and white flowers, and are brown-seeded.

Names:
Latin: Vicia faba
Dutch: Tuinbonen
Also: Roomse Bonen, Grote Bonen
English: Broad Bean

Sowing method: In mild winters as early as January, otherwise February-March with an extension into April. This overwintering type can also be sown in October and November (under glass). Pre-sowing and transplanting is preferred; keep young plants compact by providing cold and plenty of light. Planting or sowing distance: between rows 75 cm, in the row 10 cm. A summer sowing from late June also has a chance of success.

Sowing/planting time:

January
February
March
April
October
November
June

Harvesting time:

April
May
June
July
August

Soil type:

All soil types

Cultivation location:

Outdoors
Greenhouse

Position:

Flower colour: Black and white flowers
Origin: Mediterranean region
Average growth height: 90 to 120 cm
Annual or perennial: Annual
Attractive to insects: Bees
Winter hardy: Forst hardy
Ease of cultivation: Easy

Latin: Broad bean
Dutch: Broad beans
Also known as: Roman Beans, Broad Beans
English: Broad Bean

“Ik ben in de bonen” means: “I am confused.” According to Van Dale's Groot Uitdrukkingenwoordenboek (2006), this idiom goes back to an old superstition. People used to believe that broad beans, during their flowering, emitted an intoxicating scent that could even lead to insanity if one fell asleep near them. See also: http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/stoe002nede01_01/stoe002nede01_01_0311.htm