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Windsor Fava Bean Seeds

Windsor Fava Bean Seeds

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~35.0 g (~18 seeds)
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Reward your taste buds! Young pods can be eaten like snap beans. Pinch off the foliage tips for one of spring's tastiest greens. Best of all, shell the beans and cook when still green for a sweet, flavorful treat. The beautiful white and black flowers on sturdym upright plants make 'Windsor' pretty enough to use in flower beds! Favas are exceptionally cold tolerant (to 10°F) and grow best in cool conditions (below 75°F). Sturdy 24"-48" tall favas require staking only in high wind areas. Caution: People deficient in an enzyme called glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) should not handle seeds, consume fava beans, or inhale its pollen.
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Variety Info

Days to Maturity: 75 days

Family: Fabaceae

Type: Shelling Bean (Learn More)

Native: Unknown

Hardiness: Frost-tolerant annual

Exposure: Full sun

Plant Dimensions: Rigid, erect plant up to 4' tall, and 24" wide

Variety Info: 5"–6" glossy green pods grow both solitary and in pairs. Each pod contains 3–8 large, oblong-shaped, flat, light green beans.

Attributes: Cold Tolerant, Frost Tolerant

Sowing Info

When to Sow Outside: RECOMMENDED. 6 to 8 weeks before your average last frost date. Cold Climates: Very early spring, when soil temperatures are as low as 35°F. Mild Climates: Sow early to mid-winter for spring harvest.

When to Start Inside: Not recommended; bean seedlings are sensitive to root disturbance.

Days to Emerge: 10–15 days

Seed Depth: 1"–3"

Seed Spacing: 1 seed every 4"–6"

Row Spacing: 18"–36"

Thinning: Not required.

Growing Info

Harvesting: Favas beans are at the peak of freshness just before the saddle-shaped scar at the end of the seed ("hilum") turns brown. To eat whole like a snap bean, harvest when young and pods are 2"–3" long; for fresh shelling beans, harvest when the pod shell turns green and the bean is a light green color; and for dry beans to store, harvest when shell turns hard and brown and seeds inside are dry.

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  • Susan p.
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    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Nov 23, 2024
    5 Stars

    I grow favas every winter and these are some of the best! cut some off before they flower for the nitrogen in the soil, and let the rest produce flowers & then delicious beans to eat. When they're young they don't need to be double peeled, just taken out of the pod & enjoyed.

  • Elizabeth
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    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    May 30, 2024
    5 Stars

    So far so good!! Plants are growing!!

  • Barbara A.
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    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Feb 3, 2024
    5 Stars

    I love this variety of fava bean and have grown it for the last several years. I never remove the bean's outer skin and eat them exclusively raw, with a little shaved pecorino cheese and a drizzle of good EVOO. Heavenly! It's our favorite appetizer and we eat it daily as long as they produce. We like them so well that this year we sill grow about 75 plants. Germination is about 100% and we plant them, if possible, on St. Joseph's day, March 19, even if the ground here in Northeast PA is barely workable. 2 inches deep, 6 inches apart both ways, and they rest against each other when tall. I surround the patch with a fence to keep them from flopping over. Have no experience with other varieties of fava beans and have no desire to do so after finding this variety, Windsor, to be perfect.

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  • Ramesses
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    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    May 9, 2022
    5 Stars

    So far so good, 100% germination rate--I've used these as a cover-crop before, and now attempting at growing the legumes for consumptions as they purportedly raise dopamine for things as Parkinson's etc.

  • Carol
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    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    May 9, 2022
    5 Stars

    Excellent germination rate, I usually just grow them for nitrogen fixing, but this year allowed them to mature. Sturdy plants, wonderfully scented flower, full pods.