Red bean ‚Weiße Riesen’

Ripening

mittelspät

Harvest

Week 31 to 39

Vigour

stark

Growth habit

Stange

Origin

Mitteleuropa

Open-pollinated

Yes

Heritage variety

Yes

Use

Kochen, Lager, Trocknen, Frisch

Disease resistance

Bohnenmosaikvirus: mittel

About this variety

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A white flowered runner bean that you can use young as a green pod as well as fully ripe as a plump white dry bean. The pale flowers are a lovely change from the classic red and attract bumblebees just as busily. If you let the pods stand until they ripen, you harvest large, cream white seeds that store excellently once dried and suit hearty stews. Vigorous growth, so a sturdy support is a must.

The ripe seeds are floury and creamy and mild, wonderfully velvety and filling in a stew.

Care and diseases

Soil, feeding, pruning, companion planting and diseases apply to every variety of this species alike. You will find the full guidance on the species page.