Dwarf Broad Bean - 'Sutton Dwarf'
The variety of choice, ideal for smaller spaces and exposed windier sites. Abundant crops of delicious 6in. pods are produced early in the season on sturdy bushy 12-16 inch high plants that effectively spread with a bushy habit, that require no additional support.
Can also be grown in large pots & containers where space is limited.
Grow on in 9cm pots, which are available to order from us here, and plant out after all risk of frost has passed.
Supplied as:
XXL Plug Plants (approx) L6cm (at top) x W3.4cm x H5.8cm
XL Plug Plants (approx) L4cm (at top) x W3.6cm (at top) x H6cm
Each plug plant will require growing on before being planted out after all risk of frost has passed.
BROAD BEANS (Dwarf) - 'Sutton Dwarf'
Cultivation Advice - Dwarf Broad Bean Sutton Dwarf
- Pods can be eaten whole when young or left to produce 4-5 tender beans per pod.
- Plant from early spring as soon as the soil can be worked in an open sunny site preferably on ground which has been manured for a previous crop.
- Can be grown in large pots/containers.
- The double rows should be spaced 23cm (9in.) apart and a distance of 40-60cm (18-24in.) should be left before the next set of double rows.
- Keep the area free of weeds.
- These will not require support unless in an exposed location, and will attain a height of around 12-16 inches
- Harvest when the pods are fat and the beans still soft.
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