Runner Bean Vitalis is an organically grown, very deliciously flavoured and deliciously tender runner bean variety. This medium early variety produces a prolific amount of deliciously flavoured, very tender and dark green runner beans. The beans of Vitalis are about 20 cm long and 2 cm wide. Vitalis is resistant against the rolmozaiekvirus.. Use Vitalis in stews, in stir-fries, in salads, shortly cooked as a vegetable and in all dishes with runner beans. Non hardy annual. Height: 195 - 200 cm.
Indoor sowing: from april
Outdoor sowing: from middle of may - june
Germination: 7 - 14 days
Germination temp. : 18 - 22°C
Sowing depth: 3 - 4 cm
Plantafstand: 75 cm
Standplaats: sunny and sheltered
Harvest period: july - september
Sow indoors from the beginning of april, about 6 weeks for the last nightfrost. Sow the seeds about 3 - 4 cm deep in seperate pots with moist potting soil. Runner beans are dark germinators. The seeds can also be soaked about 48 hours prior to sowing in tepid water. Keep the temperature as even as possible between 18 - 22°C.
Sow outdoors on a sunny and sheltered plot from the middle of may, when there's no longer any danger of nightfrost and the sun has warmed the soil. Beans hate cold soil. Give the plants a very sturdy support. Keep picking regurlarly to stimulate the growth.
