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Climbing French Bean: Cobra
Cobra is a high-yielding climbing French bean producing long, slender, stringless pods with excellent flavour. Vigorous plants crop heavily over a long season, making it a great choice for maximising harvests in smaller spaces. Well suited to Scottish summers when given a warm, sheltered spot, Cobra is ideal for gardeners wanting reliable yields and top-quality beans.
9 in stock
Description
- Best Grown: Outdoors in beds or large containers with support
- Sowing Time: May–June
- Plant Out: Direct sow outdoors once soil has warmed
- Harvest Time: July–September (approx. 10–12 weeks from sowing)
- Spacing: Sow 2–3 seeds per support, 20–30 cm apart
- Height: Climbs to approx. 2–2.5 m
- Difficulty: Easy
Why grow it?
- Produces long, straight, stringless pods
- Excellent flavour and tender texture
- High yields over a long picking period
- Ideal for vertical growing and small plots
- Reliable performer in UK conditions
How to grow: Sow outdoors May–June once soil is warm. Sow seeds 3–5 cm deep at the base of canes, wigwams, or trellises. Keep well watered, especially during flowering and pod formation. Harvest regularly while pods are young to encourage continued cropping.
Cooking / usage ideas: Delicious steamed, stir-fried, or lightly boiled. Excellent for freezing to enjoy later in the year.
Seeds per pack: Approx. 40 seeds
