Broad Bean Express-Type 'Eleonora' / 'Ratio' 75g

Sowing method: In mild winters, as early as January, otherwise February-March, extending into April. Pre-sowing and transplanting is preferred, keeping young plants compact with cold and plenty of light. Planting or sowing distance: 75 cm between rows, 10 cm in the row. Summer sowing from late June also has a good chance of success.

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Sowing/planting time:

• January
• February
• March
• April
• June
• July

Harvesting time:

• April
• May
• July
• August
• September

Soil type:

• All soil types

Cultivation location:

• Outdoors
• Outdoors warm / sheltered

Position:

• Sun

• Flower colour: White flowers with black spots
• Origin: Mediterranean Sea region
• Average growth height: 90 to 120 cm
• Annual or perennial: Annual
• Attractive to insects: Bees
• Winter hardy: Moderately frost hardy
• Ease of cultivation: Easy

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

"Ik ben in de bonen" (literally "I am in the beans") means: "I am confused". According to Van Dale's Great Dictionary of Idioms (2006), this saying goes back to an old superstition. People used to believe that broad beans, when in bloom, emitted an intoxicating scent that could even lead to madness if one fell asleep near them. See also: http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/stoe002nede01_01/stoe002nede01_01_0311.htm

• All year round