Firestorm

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Firestorm is a highly productive runner beans with improved texture and flavour and fiery red flowers.

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By carefully crossing traditional runner beans with French filet beans, the breeders of Firestorm have produced highly productive runner beans with improved texture and flavour. Enjoy the stringless immature pods whole or allow the tender seeds inside to mature for use in soups and stews. Or wait for the full size pods at 25cm (10″) long for drying to enjoy over the winter months. Firestorm is a vigorous, productive variety, with clusters of fiery red flowers that are followed by abundant pods.

Matures in 65-75 days. (Open-pollinated seeds)
    • Very productive
    • Ideal for balconies, trellises and screens
    • Open-pollinated seeds
    • Matures in 75-95 days

All About Firestorm

Latin
Phaseolus coccineus Family: Fabaceae
Difficulty
Easy
We Recommend:
Scarlet Emperor (BN127). Tall to the point of being massive, these vines just keep growing. Starting in mid-summer the plants are festooned in brilliant scarlet flowers – and then come the beans by the bushel.
Season & Zone
Season: Warm season Exposure: Full-sun
Timing
Direct sow from late spring to early summer. Try to plant during a warm, dry spell. Soil must be warm – if it is not warm enough, seeds will rot, especially our untreated seeds. Optimal soil temperature: 21-32°C (70-90°F).
Starting
Seeds can be started indoors, or sowed directly. Set seeds 7-10cm (3-4″) apart and 3.5cm (1½”) deep at the base of a support. Plants will climb by twining around almost anything. Try rough poles, lumber, re-bar, or build a strong trellis 2-2.5m (6-8′) tall. Seeds will sprout in 8-16 days, depending on soil conditions.
Growing
Ideal pH: 6.0-6.5. Well drained, warm soil in full sun is best. Use 1 cup of complete organic fertilizer for every 3m (10′) of row. Too much nitrogen in fertilizer or manure may cause poor pod set and delayed maturity. If beans flower but do not set pods, the cause can be zinc deficiency. Try spraying the plants with kelp based fertilizer. Wet leaves on crowded plants are subject to diseases. Thin plants to increase air circulation and avoid touching the leaves while they are wet.
Harvest
Beans can be picked when plump-looking. You may dry beans to preserve them, or cook them soon after harvesting. You must ensure that you cook these beans thoroughly; raw runner beans contain lectin, a toxin that is removed by the cooking process.
Seed Info
In optimal conditions at least 75% of seeds should germinate. Usual seed life: 3 years.

How to Grow Runner Beans

Step 1: Timing

Direct sow from late spring to early summer. Try to plant during a warm, dry spell. Soil must be warm – if it is not warm enough, seeds will rot, especially our untreated seeds. Optimal soil temperature: 21-32°C (70-90°F).

Step 2: Starting

Seeds can be started indoors, or sowed directly. Set seeds 7-10cm (3-4″) apart and 3.5cm (1½”) deep at the base of a support. Plants will climb by twining around almost anything. Try rough poles, lumber, re-bar, or build a strong trellis 2-2.5m (6-8′) tall. Seeds will sprout in 8-16 days, depending on soil conditions.

Step 3: Growing

Ideal pH: 6.0-6.5 Well drained, warm soil in full sun is best. Use 1 cup of complete organic fertilizer for every 3m (10′) of row. Too much nitrogen in fertilizer or manure may cause poor pod set and delayed maturity. If beans flower but do not set pods, the cause can be zinc deficiency. Try spraying the plants with kelp based fertilizer.

Step 4: Germination

Days to maturity: From direct sowing. In optimal conditions at least 75% of seeds should germinate. Usual seed life: 3 years.

Step 5: Harvest

Beans can be picked when plump-looking. You may dry beans to preserve them, or cook them soon after harvesting. You must ensure that you cook these beans thoroughly; raw runner beans contain lectin, a toxin that is removed by the cooking process.

Tip!

Wet leaves on crowded plants are subject to diseases. Thin plants to increase air circulation and avoid touching the leaves while they are wet.

Additional information

Matures

65-75 days

Season

Summer

Exposure

Full sun

Quantity

15, 50, 250, 1000, 5000, 25000

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