BEAN BUSH BORLOTTI ‘Red Rooster’
Red Rooster has attractive mottled red pods, 13cm long, with 6-7 dark maroon and white seeds when fresh, maroon and tan when dried; disease resistant and productive. Mainly grown for use as a dried bean, but the fresh podded beans are delicious. Use in soups, stews, Mexican dishes, and baked beans.
Plant Type: Annual, up to 50 cm high
Growing Instructions
- Plant space: 15 cm
- Row space: Double rows 60 cm apart
- Soil depth: Up to 10cm deep
- Soil temperature: 18 – 25 °C.
- Plant in Spring to early Summer.
- Full sun. Well-drained soil.
- Harvest: 60 – 70 days.
Harvest when the pods rattle, hang upside down undercover, thresh when fully dried; freezing for 2 weeks before storage will kill weevils
Product Specifications
- No Chemical treatment.
- Open pollinated.
- Non-GMO.
- Variety: Red Rooster
- Botanical name: Phaseolus vulgaris
- 25 seeds per packet
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