Bean Bush French Filet Seed

Bean Bush French Filet Seed

Phaseolus vulgaris

Item #0228

58 days. These delicate French filet beans are no longer a luxury item found only in gourmet restaurants. You can enjoy their superb, tender flavor fresh from your garden all summer long, The pencil-thin, slender beans can be picked when only 1/4" in diameter and 4½" long. Steam or sauté for just a minute and enjoy. Easy and delicious.

This packet plants two 7 foot rows.

Days to Emerge:
10 days

Seed Depth:
1"

Seed Spacing:
2 seeds every
4" to 6"

Row Spacing:
3' - 4'

Thinning:
When 1" tall,
thin to 1 every
4" - 6"


When to sow outside: RECOMMENDED. 1 to 2 weeks after average last frost and when temperatures are warm. To produce beans all season, sow a new crop every 7 - 14 days up to 60 days before first fall frost.

Note: In very hot summer areas, sow in March for June harvest, and August for late September harvest.

When to start inside: Not recommended

Artist: Jackie McFarland



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