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Horse Bean (Vicia faba) seeds

The original Fava Bean is a small-seeded and clearly older form of the "Bell Bean" that's only significant regionally as a vegetable plant, today.
Contents: Approx. 20 seeds
Open-pollinated variety, seed tested regularly

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SKU: VIC02

GTIN: 4250601204130

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The Horse Bean is a small-seeded and crucially older form of the "Bell Bean" that, today, is only significant anymore as a vegetable plant regionally, for example in the Westphalian region. As early as 5000 BC, it has already been cultivated in the Mediterranean region. It presumably had its peak in Europe in the Middle Ages. Until the 16th century, it had been an enormously important staple food but was then superseded by the tropical garden beans imported from the New World.

Like its innumerable names, including broad bean, fava bean, or field bean, it has, henceforth, mainly been cultivated as greenstuff. However, it's a good vegetable with a sweet taste. On top, it doesn't need any climbing aid but simply grows into the height like a bush bean. Another advantage is that it's, contrary to most garden beans, very cold-tolerant and can already be sown from the end of February.

Plant description

Species:	Fabaceae
Root system:	Deep roots
Flower colour:	White
Lifecycle:	Annual
Flowering months:	May June
Eventual height:	30-150 cm

Growing advice

Sowing depth:	2-3 cm
Planting distance:	15 cm
Bad companion plants:	Beans Peas Sunflower Raps
Good companion plants:	Kohlrabi Leaf Lettuce Brussels Sprouts Beetroot Celeriac Tomatoes Broccoli Cucumber Potatoes
Germination temperature:	3-5°C
When to sow outdoors:	February March
Germination time:	1-4 weeks

Sow horse beans directly outdoors as early as possible, already from the end of February. Break out the stem tips for good growth. Horse beans taste best when harvested young. Seeds of legumes often germinate a lot better when they are allowed to pre-soak in water for several hours.

Other names

Botanical name:	Vicia faba, V. esculenta, V. vulgaris, Faba bona, F. equina, F. sativa, F. vulgaris, Orobus faba
English names:	Broad Bean, Fava Bean, Faba Bean, Field Bean, Bell Bean, Windsor Bean, Horse Bean

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