French Bean Climbing Seeds 'Solista Borlotti'

Phaseolus vulgaris

Sow these Climbing French Bean Seeds - Solista (Borlotti) in pots or trays filled with compost to give them a great start to life. Plant out into final position when big enough and watch them yield superb crops.

120 Seeds

10303137

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£4.49

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Key Features

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High Yield

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Low Maintenance

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Disease Resistant

Product Information

Eventual Height:

1.8m

Position:

Full Sun

Suitable for:

Patio, Small Gardens, Vegetable Plot, Raised Bed

Plant Type:

Annual

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Sow Indoors

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Harvest

Harvest
  • Attractive and productive
  • Easy-to-sow large seeds
  • Great for freezing for on-going supplies in autumn

You can rely on French Bean Solista to give you impressive pods of French beans on disease-resistant plants. Every pod has attractive and rare purple and white markings, making it a great ornamental as well as productive crop.

Climbing French Bean Solista is a traditional Italian climbing Borlotti bean producing an abundance of pods from near the base right up the length of the plant giving you optimum harvests.

Every attractive pod is an impressive 25cm (10in) long and have eight to nine kidney-shaped beans. Easy-to-sow Solista has large seeds which we recommend you sow direct outdoors once you notice the summer has truly arrived. If you want slightly earlier harvests sow in pots in late spring and tend indoors until planting time.

How to grow

Most Brassicas can be sown indoor and outdoors, depending on variety and time of year.

Indoor – Brassicas can be grown in a greenhouse or a windowsill. Using either a shallow seed tray or one with individual modules, which does help with reducing root disturbance when potting on. Use a specific multipurpose seed sowing compost, as this will be of finer texture, have little nutrient and have an open structure. Refer to the individual seed packet for specific sowing instructions but generally sow the seed as evenly as you can, so they all have the same space between them, firm down and water. A good tip is to put the seed tray in a larger seed tray of water and let the water soak into the seed compost, rather than overhead watering which can cause the seeds to move or group together.  Keep the temperature approx. 12- 20 degrees. Ensure these are hardened off before transplanting, by increasing their exposure to the outside temperature. The tray can be placed outside for an increasing amount of time each day until the seedlings are large enough to transplant.

Outdoors – You can sow in a trays similar to indoors but grow then outside. They will be slower but will naturally have hardening off before transplanting. Many can be sown in their final position and refer to the seed packet for specific conditions. Often you may have to thin seedlings out, removing any weak ones or ones that are not in their final spacings. Use a straight edge like a wooden plank to space out the plants correctly. Making a small v shaped trough in the soil, drop the seed in and then cover and water in.

Brassica Seeds - Transplanting

You can transplant the seedlings from indoor or outdoor seed trays, when several true leaves appear. The seedling leaves appears quickly but then the true leaves start to form from the growing tip. Plants should be about 10-15cm tall and will be 5- 6 weeks old. Using a dibber and trying to disturb the roots as least as possible, lift the seedlings by their true leaves and not the delicate stem. Make a deep hole and lower the roots until the lowest leaves are at ground level. Brassicas like to be firm, so planting them deep then firming the soil well around them, will benefit the growth of the plant. A good tip is to fill the hole with water and let the soil fill around the roots, then firm the soil around it.

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Sow seeds into seed sowing compost for fast and healthy germination

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