Vegetable Runner Bean Sunset
Runner Bean Sunset has unusual peach-coloured flowers and produces an abundance of flavourful green beans which are 20-25cm long. This variety is used both in the veg patch but also as an annual climber in flowerbeds.
Cultivation advice Runner Bean Sunset
Sow Indoors: April-June
Sow Outdoors: May-June
Days To Germination: 7-10 days
Optimum Soil Temperature: 16-20 °C
Planting Depth: 25-50mm
Plant Height: 180cm
Plant Spacing: 60cm
Light: Full Sun/Part Shade
- Pre-prepare growing site with ample organic matter.
- Sow in early spring under-cover in warmth a single seed 1in depth per pot.
- Gradually harden off after all risk of frost has passed.
- Alternatively plant direct outside after the soil temperature is above 50F in late spring.
- Protect young plants from pests.
- Ensure plants have support to ramble (canes / wire / netting).
- Keep well watered whilst flowers are setting.
- Pick regularly to encourage the plants to keep flowering.
