Bean (Broad) – Statissa
The first broad bean created especially for eating in the pod, to join the mangetout pea! Statissa grows particularly fine beans inside a slim pod that enable you to cook and eat the young beans whole and use the full crop throughout your homemade meals. Nothing goes to waste with this bean!
However, when the beans are fully matured, these can also be enjoyed like regular broad beans, making them the perfect dual-use crop/bean. This variety has an excellent flavour and tastes delicious when added to salad, roast dinners and pot pies! Great tolerance to common and soil born diseases too. Sow Feb-May, Harvest Jun-Aug.
Sowing Information
Sow direct into soil prepared by digging and raking at a depth of 5cm (2″), spacing the seeds 20cm (8″) apart. Best sown alternately in double rows allowing 23cm (9″) between the two lines forming each row. Allow 60-90cm (24-36″) between further rows. Germination 7-21 days. Can also be sown in pots or trays of compost on a windowsill or in a greenhouse for eventual planting outside. Grows best in a sheltered site, but not shaded, in well-drained soil. Pinching out tips helps to prevent attacks of black fly. Water well during dry weather to aid flower setting and bean formation.
