Field beans – Organic

A cousin of the broad bean, the fava bean originates from ancient Egypt, where it was among the first cultivated plant species. The Greek philosopher Pythagoras and his followers forbade themselves from consuming its beans, considering them to be of the same substance used to create human beings. It was said that the beans served as a place of transmigration for souls and that eating them was tantamount to feeding on the dead. Legend has it that Pythagoras was overtaken and killed by his enemies because he refused to flee through a field of fava beans!

• The broad bean is very resistant to cold and tolerates poor or clay soils and high levels of mineral salts.
• Its pea-like pods have been part of the human diet for millennia, as a vegetable or as flour.
• They are also valued in animal feed, but the plant itself is a champion at enriching the soil with nitrogen.
• It can be sown as soon as the soil can be worked in April and until the beginning of September, in soil between 1 and 24 C.
• The seeds germinate in just 3 to 6 days.

• It is sown in furrows 2-3 cm deep, leaving 10 cm between plants.
• The plants are returned to the soil as green manure after 30 to 65 days.

• Sowing rate: 250 g/12.5 m
• Sowing rate: 1 kg/50 m
• Sowing rate: 1.5 kg/75 m