Green bean 'Mechelse Tros' BIO De Bolster (1160)

Green bean 'Mechelse Tros' has fairly small beans, which are attached to the plant in clusters. Mechelse Tros' is rich in riches. The pods are thin and slightly flattened. Cultivate in a sheltered place.

Harvesting with broad beans starts a little later than with pedigree beans. Important advantages of French beans: no problems with moulds (crop can dry up well), long harvesting period and high yield. All French beans have a 'nice mechanism of climbing': whether it is slanted, straight or curved, always circling and always with right turns the way up is found blindly.

The material (bamboo poles, beanpoles, ropes, etc.) that you use as a material does not really matter, but the whole must be sufficiently stable at full load. In every allotment garden you will find someone who wants to explain what is actually the best system. An old guideline, but still up to date, is to keep 8 to 10 plants per m². Sowing twice (mid May and late June) gives a good harvest spread. 75 grams is sufficient for about 60 sticks.

In greenhouse cultivation, you can also let the beans climb up along a rope; the rope is attached to a horizontal steel wire, for example. That saves building a construction of poles. Growing beans in the greenhouse generally gives extra yield.

Growing under glass
Sow outdoors: April-June                                               
transplanting: May-July                                               
right hand sowing: May-July                                                
harvesting: June-October                                                
Cultivation in open field
right hand sowing: May-July                                             
harvesting: July-November                                               

Other specifications
Contents small package: 75 grams (for min. 20 m2)
Number of seeds per gram : 4.7 seeds
Plant spacing : 75x15 cm
Plant height : 200-250 cm
Pitch : sun