Bean Bush 'Italian Romano'
Bean Bush 'Italian Romano' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
A stringless bean with flat, medium-green pods 15 cm long with a meaty texture and excellent flavour. Beans hold well on the plant without becoming tough. Very disease resistant and productive.
Although these are bush beans, they can have a strange reaction to insufficient sunlight or constant overcast weather and start to turn into climbers. All beans were originally climbers and may revert if conditions don't suit them, such as not enough sunlight. Days to harvest: 53 - 58.
Product: Bean Bush 'Italian Romano'
Product type: SEED (45)
Botanical name: Phaseolus vulgaris
Italian Romano' is a bush bean, producing stringless, flat, medium-green pods 15 cm long with a meaty texture and excellent flavour. The beans hold well on the plant without becoming tough. Very disease resistant and productive.
Plant type: Annual
Plant height: 45 cm
Sow when: Beans are frost tender; germinate best at 18 - 25°C; seed will rot in cold, wet soil
Temperate: Spring to early summer
Subtropical: All year if frost-free; avoid Dec-Jan
Tropical: Dry season; snake beans grow better
Germination: 7 - 14 days
Depth: 2 - 4 cm deep
Position: Full Sun
Sow where: Direct into garden bed
Soil type: Fertile, well drained, pH 6.2 - 7
Rows: Double rows 60 cm apart
Details: Hill plants, up to 10 cm deep, to protect from wind damage; water well once after sowing and then do not water again until seedlings appear
Harvest: 53 - 58 days: pick daily, early in the morning for the best flavour
45 seeds per packet
Phaseolus vulgaris
Annual
Bean Bush 'Italian Romano'
A stringless bean with flat, medium-green pods 15 cm long with a meaty texture and excellent flavour. Beans hold well on the plant without becoming tough. Very disease resistant and productive.
Although these are bush beans, they can have a strange reaction to insufficient sunlight or constant overcast weather and start to turn into climbers. All beans were originally climbers and may revert if conditions don't suit them, such as not enough sunlight. Days to harvest: 53 - 58.