Thompson and Morgan Runner Bean Scarlet Emperor Seeds

Ignite your vegetable patch with vibrant red blooms and smooth green pods by choosing the Thompson and Morgan Runner Bean Scarlet Emperor Seeds, offering up to 37cm pods ideal for freezing and exhibition displays. You'll enjoy a nutritious harvest packed with Vitamin C, folate, iron and plenty of fibre, perfect for boosting your meals. Easy to grow indoors or outdoors, these beans thrive in full sun or semi shade, reaching up to 300cm in height and ready for picking from July onwards. Each packet contains 40 seeds with clear growing and care instructions, so you'll have everything you need for a bountiful crop. Sow runner bean seed indoors from mid-April for transplanting later on, or direct sow outdoors from late May to July. Indoors, sow seed at a depth of five centimetres in 7.5cm pots or trays of free-draining, seed sowing compost. Place in a propagator or seal container inside a plastic bag at a temperature of 18-20°C (64-68F) until germination, which takes seven to ten days. Once germinated, grow runner beans on in cooler conditions until all risk of frost has passed and runner bean plants are large enough to be transplanted. Gradually acclimatise them to outdoor conditions over seven to ten days before planting runner beans outdoors in rich, fertile, well-drained soil in full sun or semi shade with protection from strong winds. Water runner beans regularly, particularly as the flowers develop, and provide a liquid feed every 14 days during mid-summer. Pinch out the tips of the beans when they reach the top of their supports. Beans can be harvested from July onwards. Pick the beans regularly and a little on the young side to ensure top quality and prolonged cropping. Culinary note: Suitable for freezing. Product Specifications: Hardiness: Half-hardy. Position In: Full sun. Height: Up to 300cm. Spread: Up to 30cm. Delivered with growing and care instructions. Images shown are for guidance only of the expected results from plants upon maturity. Different growing conditions might vary the results. Images may be included to illustrate supply, but can vary due to seasonal changes (e.g., deciduous plants lose leaves in colder months).