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- How to Sow & Grow Beans
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- Edible Classroom - Planting Beans (Video)
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Runner Bean Plant 'Polestar'
Phaseolus coccineus 'Polestar'
- A stringless runner bean with excellent cropping potential and delicious flavour.
- Perfect raw in salads or as a cooked vegetable.
- Requires support.
Do not plant out (without protection) until fear of frost has passed.
Supplied as compost block grown plants.
Available from APPROXIMATELY early May5 or more £0.80GBP each. Group & quantity discounts
Description
A runner bean with a good habit, excellent flavour, stringless and an extended cropping season! These beans havevery fleshy pods which tend to be stringless if you pick them at a good size and don't let them get ridiculously long.
For the best of their flavour and sweetness we recommend that you pick when they are no longer than 6"- 8" (15 - 20 cm). These beans even persuaded Stephen that actually he did like runner beans - after years of not eating them!
Despite their long season you can grow these in tubs in a greenhouse to get you started even earlier!
Can be eaten in salads, or steamed and used as a vegetable, simply delicious.
Recommended by the RHS to be an excellent attractant and nectar source for bees and other beneficial insects.
- For Runner Beans In Rows
- Set out late May or June 9" (23 cm) apart in rows 18" (45 cm) apart.
- Provide support for these to climb up to a height of around 6 - 8 feet (1.8 - 2.4 metres) using netting, a bamboo cane structure or similar.
- For Runner Bean Teepees
- Using a dustbin lid or similar as a template, drive into the ground six eight foot canes and tie together at the top to produce a conical effect.
- Plant at the foot of each cane.
- Top Tips
- Runner beans are deep rooted and love a rich, well drained but moisture retentive soil so consider making a 'bean trench' over the winter.
- Don't be in a hurry to plant outside early as Runner Beans don't like the cold.
- Mulch around the plants to conserve water and keep well watered from flowering time onwards.
- Excessively warm temperatures, particularly at night may inhibit bean formation by preventing pollen grains from germinating. Whilst syringing flowers does not help pod set it may help cool the flowers if done late in the evening, though improved cropping should resume with cooler night temperatures.
- Can be grown using the 'Three Sisters' method; the beans can climb up the sweetcorn plants if you are short on growing space.
Pricing
Available from APPROXIMATELY early MayPlease note: This product is only available in multiples of 5
This product is subject to group discount if you are buying multiple products from the same pricing group. Other products in this group are...
Broad Bean Plant The Sutton
Climbing French Bean Plant 'Blue Lake'
Climbing French Bean Plant 'Fasold'
Pea Plant 'Douce Provence'
Pea Plant 'Victorian Colossal Climbing'
Pea Plant 'Waverex' (Petit Pois)
How To...
How to Sow & Grow Beans
Detailed advice on sowing and growing beans of all kinds outside and under protection. Includes information on watering and pest control.
How To Videos
Edible Classroom - Planting Beans (Video)
Paul explains how to plant the Beans the children have grown and the activities that can stem from this.
General Information
A Little Information About Our Vegetable Plants (Video)
Information on the vegetable plants that Victoriana grows and how we make sure they are always hardened off before dispatch.
What's A Compost Block Grown Plant?
Information on the size of the compost blocks that Victoriana grow their plants in - and what you can expect to receive.
Pollinator Friendly Plants
A detailed guide to the seeds and plants sold by Victoriana Nursery Gardens that will attract and provide a food source to bees and other beneficial pollinating insects.
