Bean Climbing 'Scotia'
Bean Climbing 'Scotia' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
'Scotia' is an heirloom bean noted in catalogues before 1900, it is a traditional variety cultivated by the Iroquois Indians who used it as a corn soup bean and bread bean. It has meaty green pods with tan and dark brown mottled seeds. It is shade-tolerant and was once grown amongst corn. It is best eaten as a shelling bean or dried bean. It is particularly heat tolerant.
Product: Bean Climbing 'Scotia'
Product type: SEED ()
Botanical name: Phaseolus vulgaris
Syn.: Syn. 'Genuine Cornfield', 'Striped Creaseback', 'Daisy Bell'
Scotia' is an heirloom bean noted in catalogues before 1900, it is a traditional variety cultivated by the Iroquois Indians who used it as a corn soup bean and bread bean. It has meaty green pods with tan and dark brown mottled seeds. It is shade-tolerant and was once grown amongst corn. It is best eaten as a shelling bean or dried bean. It is particularly heat tolerant.
Plant type: Annual climbing bean
Plant height: Grows to 2 - 3 m; requires a trellis
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: Unsuitable
Germination: 4 - 10 days
Depth: 2 - 4 cm deep
Position: Full sun
Sow where: Direct into garden bed
Soil type: Fertile, well drained, pH 6.2 - 7
Details: Hill plants, up to 10 cm deep, to protect from wind damage; water well once after sowing seed and then do not water again until seedlings appear
Harvest: 90 days: pick daily, early in the morning for the best flavour. For dried beans leave until the pods are dry and brown.
seeds per packet
Phaseolus vulgaris
Syn. 'Genuine Cornfield', 'Striped Creaseback', 'Daisy Bell'