Aquadulce Fava Bean
Price: $3.45
SKU: 3030311Planting Instructions: Fava beans can be planted in cooler weather. Generally as soon as the soil can be worked. Sow in well manured soil, one inch deep, three to six inches apart, in rows spaced at 24 inches.
Fava beans are not from the same family as true beans. They are used small (2 to 3 inches) as you would green or snap beans or if they are a bit past their prime, shelled by cooking in salted water. Some people cook the upper leaves of the plant like spinach or include them in salads.
Customer Reviews:
By Angela Horvath on July 26, 2021
These fava beans were planted in late March2021 in a high altitude, dry climate with large daily temperature swings. They were slow to sprout, slow to grow, had some sort of black mildew on the flowers & top leaves, and produced empty pods at first. When our monsoon season kicked in during July, they thrived and produced many pods. I originally chose them because, as a vetch (not a true bean), they could be companion planted with brassicas and onions- what a great nitrogen fixing solution! But, the high desert strikes again. I may try planting them in the fall for an early spring harvest. Otherwise, desert gardneners, I might avoid this variety/plant all together.
By Michael Rundquist on February 4, 2014
All the plants came right up grew wonderful. The cold did not slow them down. We did have a really cold snap that killed them, about 10 degrees did them in. This winter is much colder than the norm here. I still have some seeds to start up here about the first of march so I cant wait to give them another go. I figured the winter would kill them but it was worth a shot.
