Grebo Broad Bean

Grebo Broad Bean grows to about 120-150cm in height. Produces quite a bushy plant. Good production. Larger pods with around 4 beans in each pod. Light brown beans as fully ripe. Flowers with white and black flowers. Can be eaten fresh and cooked, or stored as dry beans for later use. From Östergötland, Sweden. Nordic Genebank number: NGB 13485. Vicia faba. 7seeds/pack

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Normally broad beans grow to about 100cm in height, but both higher and lower varieties exist. Most varieties flower with white-black flowers, but some with red flowers. Probably originated in the Middle East, where it was farmed during the Stone Age. Broad beans have been found both in Egyptian tombs and in the ruins of Troj.  

How to Grow

Broad beans tolerate lower temperatures than many other legumes. Can be sown when the temperature of the soli is about 4-5 °C. Sow about 5cm deep. Can also be pre-cultivated in pots, for later planting in the garden. Place the plants with about 20cm spacing, and about 50cm between the rows of plants.