Bean 'Sex Without Strings' (Organic)

Phaseolus vulgaris
Organic

A raunchy name for a delicious heirloom butter bean. The description from an old seed catalogue reads “Sensuous and tender, the golden curves of this dwarf butter wax bean are available to all with no strings attached”. If you like butter beans, then add this compact bush bean to your vegie patch. Yields 310g per plant.

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Bean 'Sex Without Strings' (Organic)

A long slender butter bean up to 15cm long of excellent colour. Stringless, this early bush bean can be sown in cooler soils than most other butter beans and can therefore be ready to harvest earlier in the season. Highly productive, especially when picked regularly. The actual bean is black, but slow to develop, helping to allow for a longer harvest of tender crisp pods.
How to grow

These fast growing annuals should be direct sown or planted out after all risk of frost has passed. Pick daily for highest yields. Well drained, pH neutral to alkaline soil is ideal, as is the addition of potassium and bllod and bone. Mulch around your beans thoroughly- beans are shallow rooted and are easily damaged with close cultivation. Beans can be used fresh, they also freeze well or can be left on th eplant to develop large, dried seeds which can be used in soups and stews.

Growing Information

Seed Sowing
Sow method: Sow direct

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Germination: 85
Sow distance: 15cm
Seed Sowing Times
Cool: Jan,Oct-Dec

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Warm: Jan-Feb,Sep-Dec
Hot: Mar-May,Sep-Nov
Sub-tropical: Apr,Aug-Nov
Tropical: Mar-Aug
Growing Needs
Light: Full Sun
Water: regular watering
Growing weeks: 9

The number of growing weeks required to reach harvest stage. Of particular importance for Cool climate gardeners.

Plant Characteristics
Type: Tender Annual

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Height: 40cm
Width: 15cm

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