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Organic bean seed box, 6 varieties

Name: Organic bean seed box, 6 varieties
Brand: ZenGreens
SKU: afb9664a-6226-495e-aa66-ce60a03f4ee1
Price: 2700.0 RSD
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This set brings together 6 varieties of organic beans, one per packet: runner beans, a shelling bean and beans for drying, all sown directly in place from May to July.

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The summary

What you receive: a box of organic bean seed packets, one variety per packet.
The varieties: mangetout, Borlotti Lingua di Fuoco Nano for shelling, Canadian Wonder and Black Turtle for drying.
When to sow: May to July, directly in position.
Depth and emergence: 3 to 4 cm, then 8 to 16 days depending on soil warmth.
What comes next: sowing in rows or in clumps, with no transplanting and no support needed for the dwarf varieties.
Dried beans: seeds stored in a jar, to be cooked after soaking and 10 minutes of boiling.

Set of 6 heritage beans, from mangetout to dry beans, to sow in place from May

The organic bean seed set, 6 varieties, brings together heirloom open-pollinated seeds, one per packet, from mangetout to dried beans. It is sown directly in place from May to July, at a depth of 3 to 4 cm, in soil of at least 15 °C. The Borlotti Lingua di Fuoco Nano and the Canadian Wonder, both dwarf, reach a height of 40 cm and need no support.

Beans are sown directly in the soil, without starting a seedling under cover, and they need neither transplanting nor nitrogen fertilising. The box brings together 6 open-pollinated varieties, ranging from mangetout to dry beans, with a mix of beans eaten in the pod, the shelling Borlotti Lingua di Fuoco Nano, the Canadian Wonder red bean and the Black Turtle black bean.

🫘 Dwarf beans

The growth habit of each variety is printed on its packet, and it determines how to manage the row. Borlotti Lingua di Fuoco Nano and Canadian Wonder are dwarf beans: they reach around 40 cm in height, are sown in tight rows without any support and give most of their harvest over about 3 weeks, which suits you if you freeze or preserve. With no poles to put up, the row is set up in a few minutes, and these varieties can also be grown in a planter 20 cm deep.

🍽️ Mangetout, shelling, dried

The second axis is the stage at which you harvest them, and it completely changes how they are used in the kitchen. Mangetout are picked young, pod and all, when the pea can barely be made out beneath the pod; beyond that stage they turn stringy. Shelling varieties are left to swell and then harvested at the fresh pea stage, tender and green, to be cooked the same day. Dried beans stay on the plant until the pod yellows and cracks, then keep for several years in a jar. The kit covers all three uses, from the mangetout mix to the shelling Borlotti, then the Canadian Wonder and the Black Turtle that you leave to dry.

A net over the row kept for seed

If you save your own seed, the fine-mesh insect net, set over hoops above the row reserved for seed, stops insects bringing in pollen from a neighbouring variety. The bean largely pollinates itself, so its flowers set their pods under the netting without any bees. You therefore harvest seed that stays true to its variety, even with several beans sown in the same garden.

Sow the bean in soil at 15 °C

In soil below 15 °C, the bean swells, soaks up water and quite often rots before it emerges, whereas it comes up in about 8 days in soil at 25 °C. So wait until mid-May in most regions, even if April has been mild. Do not soak the seeds either, a common practice that bursts the seed coat and speeds up rot.

The bean also fixes nitrogen from the air thanks to the bacteria living in its root nodules, which makes it an excellent preceding crop. So do not give it any nitrogen fertiliser, which would produce foliage at the expense of pods, and leave the roots in the soil after harvest rather than pulling them up. The bed you plant next will benefit, for instance with a cabbage from the cabbage seed collection or a lettuce, because the roots left in place decompose and return part of the fixed nitrogen to the soil.

📆 One row every 3 weeks

Rather than one large sowing, you sow a row every 3 weeks, changing variety each time: a first in mid-May in soil at 15 °C at least, a second at the start of June, a third at the end of June, and a last one up to mid-July north of the Loire for a September harvest. Keep the last sowings for dwarf varieties, which are quicker, and sow dry beans among the first, since their pods still have to dry on the plant before autumn.

🔂 Saving seed from your own beans

Beans keep for a shorter time than tomatoes or squash: allow 3 years of good germination ability in a resealed packet, kept dry, cool and away from light, and sow a little more thickly beyond that. On the other hand, it is one of the easiest species for saving your own seed, since its flower is largely self-fertilising. Leave a few pods to dry on the plant, shell them in dry weather, and keep 5 to 10 m between two dwarf varieties, and 50 m between two climbing varieties, to limit crossing by insects. The article on germination failures goes over the causes of poor emergence.

Technical specifications

The essentials

What you sow: Organic bean seedsOne variety per paper herb sachet, labelled with its name.
The varieties in the kit: Mix of mangetout, Borlotti Lingua di Fuoco Nano, Canadian Wonder, Black Turtle6 distinct varieties in total, all open-pollinated.
Sowing period: May to July, planted outWindow for mainland France, to be adjusted depending on the region.
Seedling depth: 3 to 4 cmEach sachet states the exact value of its variety.
Germination temperature: 15 to 25 °CGrow medium temperature, not room temperature.
Germination time: 8 to 16 days8 days at around 25 °C, more than 2 weeks in soil at 15 °C.

To budget for separately

An airtight jar: For dried beansKept away from light, dried beans will keep for several years.
Warmed soil: 15 °C minimumIn cold soil, the seed often swells and rots before it sprouts.

In the box

1 organic bean seed set, one variety per grass-paper packet
1 label with common name and Latin name on each sachet

Variety names and packaging: ZenGreens box set, official photo taken on 07/10/2026. Germination temperatures and times: OSU Extension (Oregon) table. Storage and isolation: DIYseeds bean sheet. Cooking dried beans: FDA, Bad Bug Book.

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Frequently asked questions

8 questions

6 key questions, 8 in the detailed view

Which beans does the box contain?

Do the seeds need soaking before sowing?

Can dried beans be eaten without any precautions?

How do you harvest dry beans?

Can you grow beans in a window box?

Can you save your own seeds?

Why do the flowers drop without forming pods?

Do these beans need canes?

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Organic bean seed box, 6 varieties

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