Are you ready to embark on a culinary adventure with the unique and vibrant flavours of Climbing French Bean ‘Yard Long Bean’? Look no further than our ‘Yard Long Bean’ Plug Plants. These exceptional plants not only add vertical beauty to your garden but also provide you with a source of inspiration for delicious and exotic dishes. Here’s why these plug plants are a must-have for gardeners and food enthusiasts:
Garden Growth Guide:
Cultivating Climbing French Bean ‘Yard Long Bean’ is a rewarding journey with our plug plants. Here’s how:
- Vertical Ambitions: Plant them in a sunny area with well-drained soil and provide sturdy support, such as trellises or stakes, for the climbing vines to ascend.
- Adequate Spacing: Allow sufficient space between plants and rows to encourage healthy growth and ensure proper air circulation.
- Regular Care: Keep the soil consistently moist, especially during dry periods. Provide ample water as these beans thrive with consistent moisture.
Harvesting Delights:
As your ‘Yard Long Bean’ plants mature, they will yield exceptionally long and slender green beans. Harvest them when they reach their desired length, typically around 18-24 inches or even longer. They’re at their peak of tenderness and flavour at this stage.
Culinary Creativity:
Climbing French Bean ‘Yard Long Bean’ is renowned for its crisp texture and mild, sweet flavour, making it perfect for a variety of dishes. Here are a couple of culinary ideas:
- Stir-Fried ‘Yard Long Beans’: Create a vibrant and quick stir-fry by sautéing ‘Yard Long Beans’ with garlic, ginger, and your choice of protein. Add a flavourful stir-fry sauce and serve over rice or noodles for a delightful meal.
- Grilled ‘Yard Long Beans’: Prepare a delectable side dish by grilling ‘Yard Long Beans’ until they’re lightly charred and smoky. Drizzle with olive oil and season with your favourite herbs and spices for a flavourful addition to your barbecue spread.
- ‘Yard Long Bean’ Curry: Add ‘Yard Long Beans’ to a flavourful curry along with coconut milk, spices, and your choice of protein. Simmer until the beans are tender and infused with the rich flavours of the curry sauce.
Climbing French Bean ‘Yard Long Bean’ Plug Plants offer an exceptional addition to your garden and culinary repertoire, perfect for gardeners and food enthusiasts who seek fresh and exotic green delights. Order now to enhance your garden with these remarkable plants and explore the exciting flavours they bring to your dishes.
Planning your site
Beans like well-drained, fertile soil and a sheltered sunny spot in the garden where they won’t be blown about too much. They will grow really well in raised beds or in pots which have plenty of rich growing medium. Most beans (apart from Broad Beans) need something to climb up (especially Runner and Borlotti beans)- a hazel or bamboo wigwam is a great traditional structure which looks beautiful even while the beans are small. You’ll need to make sure these are really well staked in and strong enough to support your plants – beans get big and heavy! The spacing between plants depends on the variety but generally beans are grown quite close together usually in rows or around supports.
Growing tips
Yard long bean is a dry season tropical crop, which favours hot temperatures. It really needs a tunnel or a glasshouse for a good crop. They can be grown similar to runner beans, up poles made into wigwams in groups of 6 or 8 plants. Plants twine anticlockwise and will climb as tall as runner beans. Water plants in thoroughly after transplanting, but subsequently, don’t over-water, as they are used to growing under dry conditions. They will benefit from a light dressing of garden or green waste compost before transplanting but should not be grown in a soil over-rich in nitrogen.
The more you harvest, the more will grow! s. Beans should be harvested when they are no thicker than a bic
biro otherwise they turn leathery. Try to wait till your pods have reached a decent size – we know it’s hard but they will become sweeter as the starches mature!
What to watch out for
Pea & bean weevil, be nibbled by mice particularly when young, and may suffer during heavy frosts and snow
What to do when your plants arrive
- Unpack them. Your seedlings will arrive carefully packed in bio-degradable straw, cardboard and paper. They may look a little bit bedraggled from their journey. Don’t panic – this is totally normal and they should soon perk up. Please try and unpack your plants as soon as they arrive, as every extra hour they spend in the box will add to the stress of travelling to their new home.
- Give them a drink. Having spent a day or two in the post, your new plants will be thirsty! Stand them up in some fresh water for a few minutes to make sure their roots have been thoroughly soaked before planting.
- Plant them out into their forever home! Your plants can’t wait to get their roots into the soil. Plant them out according to the instructions that will have come in the box with them. Make sure you water them in well, and give them plenty to drink until their roots have had a chance to get settled.
Substitutions
As you well know, plants are unpredictable creatures and so is the British weather. As such, we reserve the right to substitute items in your order for an equivalent variety. To find out more about substitutions, please take a look at our terms and conditions.
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