Bulk: Windsor Fava Bean Seeds

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Cool-weather substitute for lima beans in the North. Sow as soon as soil can be worked, as they don’t do well in heat. The traditional English variety, with 6 to 7-in., shiny green pods containing 3 to 6 very large, light-green beans used like limas. Nice sweet flavor like a pea. Pick at 2 to 3-in. to use as snap beans or pick when mature as shell beans. Buff-colored seeds. Bush, but may require support.

• Days to Maturity: 80
• Sow Method: Direct Sow
• Sow Depth: 1 Inch
• Spacing: 4 - 6 Inches
• Sun: Full Sun
• Height: 2 - 3 Feet
• Fruit Size: 6 - 7 Inches