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Home Vegetables & Herbs West Coast Seeds - Purple Peacock Beans (50g) - Striking Dark Purple Pods and Leaves

West Coast Seeds - Purple Peacock Beans (50g) - Striking Dark Purple Pods and Leaves

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Enhance your garden with the stunning West Coast Seeds' Purple Peacock Beans (50g). This beautiful pole bean variety features dark purple leaves and pods, complemented by attractive light purple flowers. Ideal for creating a striking and useful screen in the garden, Purple Peacock is known for its early flowering and ability to handle cool conditions well. The 13cm (5") long pods maintain their flavor and tenderness even when very long and turn green when cooked. Extremely productive, this variety ensures a continuous harvest as long as the pods are picked regularly.

Key Features:

Stunning Appearance:

Dark Purple Pods and Leaves: Adds a unique visual appeal to your garden.
Light Purple Flowers: Early flowering variety, ideal for cool conditions.

High Yield and Flavorful:

Tender and Flavorful Pods: Maintain flavor and tenderness long after picking.
Turns Green When Cooked: Adds a fun twist to your culinary creations.

Versatile Growth:

Pole Bean: Grows up to 2-2.5m (6-8') tall, perfect for trellises and vertical gardening.
Open-Pollinated: Ensures natural pollination and genetic diversity.

Growing Information:

Maturity: Matures in 70 days from sowing.
Season: Warm season, requires full sun.
Timing: Direct sow from late spring to early summer during a warm, dry spell. Optimal soil temperature: 21-32°C (70-90°F).
Starting: Sow seeds 7-10cm (3-4") apart and 3.5cm (1½") deep at the base of a support. Seeds sprout in 8-16 days.

Maintenance:

Ideal pH: 6.0-6.5. Well-drained, warm soil in full sun is best.
Fertilization: Use 1 cup of balanced organic fertilizer for every 3m (10') of row. Avoid excessive nitrogen to prevent poor pod set and delayed maturity.
Disease Prevention: Thin plants to increase air circulation and avoid touching wet leaves.

Harvest and Use:

Frequent Harvesting: Pick beans regularly to prevent the plant from maturing seeds and stopping pod production. Smaller beans are more tender.
Storage: Usual seed life is 3 years. In optimal conditions, at least 75% of seeds should germinate.

Companion Planting:

Nitrogen Fixation: Beans enrich the soil with nitrogen.
Compatible Plants: Plant with Brassicas, carrots, celery, chard, corn, cucumber, eggplant, peas, potatoes, radish, and strawberries.
Avoid: Planting near chives, garlic, leeks, and onions. Pole beans and beets stunt each other’s growth.

Transform your garden with the eye-catching and productive West Coast Seeds' Purple Peacock Beans. Enjoy the vibrant colors, continuous harvests, and delicious flavor of these unique beans, perfect for both ornamental and culinary use.

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