Broad Bean 'Aquadulce'
Broad Bean 'Aquadulce' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
Aquadulce' is a heirloom broad bean variety with fragrant black and white edible flowers. The bright green beans have a great flavour when young and tender and can be steamed or eaten fresh. Once mature the large seeds are blanched, peeled and used pureed in risotto or pasta and to make delicious dips. 'Aquadulce' produces an early, prolific crop on tall plants, pods are 15 cm long. Days to harvest: 85 - 95.
Product: Broad Bean 'Aquadulce'
Product type: SEED (30)
Botanical name: Vicia faba
Aquadulce' is an heirloom Italian variety that produces a prolific crop of gourmet beans with a great flavour. The pods are 15 -18 cm long with 3 - 5 seeds each. The young pods, 5 - 7.5 cm long, can be harvested and eaten whole, or wait until the pods are full size and then shell the pods for the white seeds.
Plant type: Annual
Plant height: 90 - 100 cm tall; use twine between stakes to provide support
Sow when: Germinate best at 15 - 25°C soil temp.
Temperate: March - September
Subtropical: April - May
Tropical: Unlikely to do well
Germination: 8 - 14 days
Depth: 4 - 6 cm deep
Position: Full sun in a sheltered position
Sow where: Direct into garden bed
Soil type: Fertile, well drained, pH 6.5 - 7.5 ; lime if necessary
Rows: 60 - 75 cm apart
Details: Water well once after sowing seed and then do not water again until seedlings appear
Harvest: 85 - 95 days: pinch out the growing tip once a good crop of pods has set
*Has edible flowers
30 seeds per packet
Vicia faba
Annual
Broad Bean 'Aquadulce'
Aquadulce' is a heirloom broad bean variety with fragrant black and white edible flowers. The bright green beans have a great flavour when young and tender and can be steamed or eaten fresh. Once mature the large seeds are blanched, peeled and used pureed in risotto or pasta and to make delicious dips. 'Aquadulce' produces an early, prolific crop on tall plants, pods are 15 cm long. Days to harvest: 85 - 95.