The superior fava bean.
Vroma produces large, 6 1/2β7β³ pods with 4β5 large seeds. Cook like a shell bean when the seeds are pale green. Strong, heat tolerant plants resist lodging. Light brown seeds. Avg. 270 seeds/lb. Packet: 30 seeds.
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Vicia faba
CULTURE: Unlike most beans, fava beans prefer cool weather and are best planted in early spring as soon as the soil can be worked. Sow 1β³ deep, 4β6β³ apart, in rows 18β36β³ apart or use wide-bed style planting, giving each plant 1 sq.ft. of space. Where winter lows stay above 10Β°F (-12Β°C) sow in August through September. Inoculants can increase yields.
DISEASES AND PESTS: The primary disorder responsible for leaf and pod blackening and spotting is a virus spread by aphids. The disease is most prevalent in hot weather, above 80Β°F (27Β°C).
HARVEST: Pick individual pods when the green shell beans inside are plump. For dry beans, wait until pods are dry before harvest.
AVG. SEEDING RATE: 1 lb./90β², 11 lb./1,000β², 160 lb./acre at 3β² row spacing.
SEED SPECS: SEEDS/LB.: 270.
PACKET: 30 seeds, sows 17β².
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