Neckargold Climbing French Bean

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A golden treat worth chasing up the canes!
Sunshine-yellow pods that actually stay yellow when cooked. The flavour is clean, nutty and smooth and gloriously string-free, even when the pods mature. If you can keep up with their enthusiastic production, you’ll have a feast on your hands, I started fermenting beans just to keep up with these and they keep their crunch beautifully!

If you leave a few to mature on the vine you’ll have little plump white beans, creamy like cannellini, perfect for tossing into stews or baking with garlic and herbs.

A real keeper from the Neckar Valley in Germany, these golden climbers are as ornamental as they are productive. Their reliability and beautiful flavour have earned them a devoted following among bean aficionados.

Approx. 60 seeds.

Botanical name: Phaseolus vulgaris

Grown by: Ruth Kernohan

Sow them in deep modules or small pots in late spring (April) with some seed compost and if there are mice around, cover them up before they germinate, as rodents love the seeds. Harden off the young seedlings, then plant them out about 6-8” apart once all risk of frost has passed and the soil is warming up. Can be sown direct in warmer soil in May. Dig in plenty of organic matter initially and water regularly throughout the season. The beans will need a structure with canes or string to wind themselves around as they climb. Most will find their own way up, but if any get a bit ‘lost’ you can simply wind them up yourself to begin with. Make sure you wind them anticlockwise though, otherwise they’ll just unwind themselves!