Broad Beans Statissa Seeds
Code: 430831
Ideal as eating as mangetout!
A high quality broad bean, producing an abundant crop of short, dark green pods filled with nutritious and tasty white seeds. Pick some pods young before the seeds start to swell, then steam and enjoy them as tasty mangetout! Suitable for deep freezing. Shows good tolerance to Top Yellow Virus 2.
Culture: Sowings for summer cropping should be made February-March. Sow in double rows 23cm (9") apart, 5cm (2") deep and 23cm (9") apart allowing 90cm (3') between each pair of rows. Pinch out the plant tops when in full flower to obtain better filled pods and to avoid infestation with black fly. Double row 6m (20').
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Harvest when seed shape is visible through the pod.
HEALTH BENEFITS: Source of vitamins A (For growth, healthy hair, skin, bones, teeth and eyes as well as resistance to respiratory infections), C (Anti-ageing, wound healing, decreasing blood cholesterol and prevention of infections. Assists the body in absorbing iron), and E (Antioxidant important for anti-ageing [particularly for skin]). Source of protein and fibre.