Aquadulce Broad Beans – 10 Seeds

Aquadulce Broad Beans (Vicia Faba) is highly prolific and easy to grow, and one of the most delicious in terms of flavor and texture. It is also known as Aquadulce Claudia. An old favorite and one of the best for autumn sowing. It is a white seeded variety with pods up to 23cm  long, crops in 90 days with a height of 90 to 100cm.  Beans are used fresh or dried. Young beans can be eaten raw in salads,and mature beans are cooked as a vegetable. Broad beans are also known as Fava beans.

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Culinary Uses

• Fresh Beans: Eaten shelled (and often double-podded by peeling the tough outer skin). Used in salads, risottos, pasta dishes, mashed into dips, or crushed on toast.
• Young Pods: Immature pods can be steamed or stir-fried whole.
• Greens & Flowers: Tender shoots, leaves, and flowers are edible and taste like mild spinach or soft broad beans.
• Dried: Dried beans are used in soups, stews, casseroles, and are famously ground into falafel.

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Garden and Soil Benefits:

• Nitrogen Factory: Possesses one of the highest nitrogen-fixation rates of any garden crop, recharging tired soil for the next season.
• Deep Taproot: Aggressively breaks up compacted subsoil layers, improving drainage.

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Growing Aquadulce Broad Beans

Indoor Sowing: Not Recommended.

Direct Sowing: Early Spring and Late Autumn.

• Grow your broad beans in full sun on rich, fertile, well-manured soil.
• Choose a sheltered spot, and position away from strong winds.
• Sow broad beans directly into the ground in early spring or late autumn.
• Sow your broad bean seeds in double rows, 5cm deep and 23cm apart. Stagger
• Water well once planted.
• Germination usually takes around 10 days.
• Broad beans can easily be grown in containers.