Purple Teepee - Dwarf French Beans
Good cropper, stringless blue-purple pods, which are located on top of the foliage ("sitting hen variety"). Thus easy to harvest, and beans tend to stay disease-free. Pod colour changes to dark green during cooking.
Good cropper, stringless blue-purple pods, which are located on top of the foliage ("sitting hen variety"). Thus easy to harvest, and beans tend to stay disease-free. Pod colour changes to dark green during cooking.
Variety-specific characteristics
| Type | bush bean |
|---|---|
| Bean colour | brown |
| Pod colour | blue-purple |
| Pod length | 12-15 cm |
| Temperature requirements | frost-sensitive |
| Phaseolus vulgaris | |
| Nutrient requirements | manuring not necessary |
| Seed spacing in the row | 8-10 cm |
| Seed spacing between the row | 40-60 cm |
| Sowing depth | 2-3 cm |