The classic fava bean.
Windsor is a classic English variety with 5β6" pods containing 3β5 large, 1", fresh green shell beans. Favas are suitable for early spring and fall planting. Light brown seeds. Avg. 270 seeds/lb. Packet: 50 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 1" deep, 4β6" apart, in rows 18β36" 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: 50 seeds, sows 17β².
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