Serengeti Bean. A strong, upright growing fancy French filet bean featuring 14cm (5.5in) long, straight, smooth-featured medium green pods. Robust plants carry high yields of these beautiful tasting tender pods. Serengeti also boasts great disease resistance!
Attributes
Light Requirement: Full Sun
Planting Method: Direct Seed
Growth Habit: Bushy
Days to Emergence: 5 – 10
Days to Harvest 55
Height: 40 – 50cm (16 – 20in)
How to Grow
Beans tolerate a wide range of soil types. Their best growth is in light, organic, well-drained soil with a pH of about 6.5. Beans have a distinct dislike for cold, wet soils, so seed only after the soil has warmed to at least 16 C. Sow 2.5cm deep and 8cm apart in rows spaced 45 – 70cm (18 – 28in) apart. To ensure a continuous harvest, sow bush-type varieties every 10 days until mid-July. Keep beans evenly watered, particularly when the plants are in flower and when production of the pods starts. Avoid the use of high nitrogen fertilizer – nitrogen promotes excessive foliage.