Description
While most haricot verts (French for "green beans") are harvested in petite form, "Maxibel" is a full length, French style, stringless, filet bean. Beans remain slender until peak picking which is between 6"-8" long and 1/4" wide. Bush beans make for great container planting as they are compact and rarely need staking.
Variety Info
- Days to Maturity: 50 days
- Family: Fabaceae
- Native: Mexico and South America
- Hardiness: Frost Sensitive
- Exposure: Full sun
- Plant Dimensions: 22"-24" tall bush
- Variety Info: 6"-8" dark green, slender, round, straight pods, with small, brown, mottled seeds; very tender.
Sowing Info
- When to Sow Outside: RECOMMENDED. 1 to 2 weeks after your average last frost date, and when soil temperature is at least 65°F, ideally 70°-85°F. Successive Sowings: Every 7 to 14 days up to 80 days before your average first fall frost date. NOTE: In very hot summer areas, skip sowing as high heat approaches; temperatures consistently above 90°F will prevent beans from forming.
- When to Start Inside: Not recommended; bean seedlings are sensitive to root disturbance.
- Days to Emerge: 6-12 days
- Seed Depth: 1"
- Seed Spacing: 1 seed every 4"
- Thinning: Not required
Growing Info
- Harvesting: Filet style beans should be harvested daily, or every other day, when beans are between 1/8" and 1/4" wide and about 6"-8" long, not as wide as a normal snap bean. Hold the stem with one hand, and the pod with the other hand to avoid pulling off branches, which will continue to produce. At season's end, plants are great compost material if they are disease-free.
Description
While most haricot verts (French for "green beans") are harvested in petite form, "Maxibel" is a full length, French style, stringless, filet bean. Beans remain slender until peak picking which is between 6"-8" long and 1/4" wide. Bush beans make for great container planting as they are compact and rarely need staking.
Variety Info
- Days to Maturity: 50 days
- Family: Fabaceae
- Native: Mexico and South America
- Hardiness: Frost Sensitive
- Exposure: Full sun
- Plant Dimensions: 22"-24" tall bush
- Variety Info: 6"-8" dark green, slender, round, straight pods, with small, brown, mottled seeds; very tender.
Sowing Info
- When to Sow Outside: RECOMMENDED. 1 to 2 weeks after your average last frost date, and when soil temperature is at least 65°F, ideally 70°-85°F. Successive Sowings: Every 7 to 14 days up to 80 days before your average first fall frost date. NOTE: In very hot summer areas, skip sowing as high heat approaches; temperatures consistently above 90°F will prevent beans from forming.
- When to Start Inside: Not recommended; bean seedlings are sensitive to root disturbance.
- Days to Emerge: 6-12 days
- Seed Depth: 1"
- Seed Spacing: 1 seed every 4"
- Thinning: Not required
Growing Info
- Harvesting: Filet style beans should be harvested daily, or every other day, when beans are between 1/8" and 1/4" wide and about 6"-8" long, not as wide as a normal snap bean. Hold the stem with one hand, and the pod with the other hand to avoid pulling off branches, which will continue to produce. At season's end, plants are great compost material if they are disease-free.