20 Gigantes organic Runner bean seeds, enough for a good row.
Gigantes Greek are like Butter Beans and they grow well at home in the UK.  Full instruction sheet sent with every order

They're just as easy to grow as traditional runner beans but are left on the vine to fatten up the inner dried bean seeds. 

Like all runners you will need to sow these indoors no more than three weeks before the last frost. Sow 2 inches deep in a 7cm pot. Once all risk of frost has past, harden off the beans by placing outside during the day and bringing in at night or placing in a cold frame and lifting the lid during the day. Plant out after a week. They will need a trellis or other support up to two meters high. You may need to tie them to the support at first but after that they should climb up themselves. Remove the tips once the beans have reached the top of the support. Keep well watered and in July mulch with compost.

Leave them to dry on the vine and harvest them when the shells are a dry papery brown colour. 


Dry the beans thoroughly after shelling in an airing cupboard for storage to use in traditional Greek Plaki or in soups and stews throughout the winter. 

The beans come with planting instructions and are posted from the UK.