This pretty French Bean variety with bright yellow pods looks just as at home in a flower border as it does the vegetable patch.
This is a climbing French Bean that starts cropping early and continues over a long period offering a harvest of tasty stringless flat waxpods.
The pods measure up to 26-28cm when ready to crop.
Delicious, fleshy bright yellow broad, flat podded, stringless waxpod, 25cm (10 inches) long and 25mm (1 inch) wide. Climbing Bean Goldfield is a good early plant vigour and early to pod continuing throughout the summer. Decorative in both flower and vegetable gardens. *CBMV resistant.
Days to maturity: 80 days
Sowing instructions:
Sow seeds April to May in pots of moist seed compost and cover with a 2cm (1 inch) layer or compost or vermiculite. Place in a propagator or warm place, and keep at a constant temperature of between 20-25C (68-77F), After sowing, do not exclude light as this helps germination. Keep the surface of the compost moist but not waterlogged; germination will usually take 6-10 days. Can also be sown direct outdoors once the soil has warmed. Sow 2 seeds, 5cm (2 inches) deep at 23cm (9 inch) intervals in rows 45-60cm (18-24 inches) apart.
Growing instructions:
After all risk of frost; plant out with support of strong canes, sticks or netting. Provide a sunny sheltered spot on rich, well-drained soil, raked to a fine tilth.
Aftercare:
Hoe between plants regularly and water regularly. You can also give plants compost mulch to combat dry periods. Harvest regularly while pods are still young for the best crops.

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