• Post Reply Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic
permaculture forums growies critters building homesteading energy monies kitchen purity ungarbage community wilderness fiber arts art permaculture artisans regional education skip experiences global resources cider press projects digital market permies.com pie forums private forums all forums
this forum made possible by our volunteer staff, including ...
master stewards:
  • Carla Burke
  • John F Dean
  • Timothy Norton
  • Nancy Reading
  • r ranson
  • Jay Angler
  • Pearl Sutton
stewards:
  • paul wheaton
  • Tereza Okava
  • AndrĂ©s Bernal
master gardeners:
  • Christopher Weeks
gardeners:
  • Jeremy VanGelder
  • M Ljin
  • Matt McSpadden

How is the fava bean cultivar 'Stereo'?

 
pollinator
Posts: 190
Location: Colrain, MA, USA (5a - ~1,000' elev.)
21
  • Likes 1
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
cv. 'Stereo' reportedly has stringless edible pods as well as edible beans - Has anyone grown it? If so, how did they turn out?
Also, has anyone transplanted fava beans successfully? Here in North-Eastern North America (NENA), our hot summers end fava bean production - I wonder if early fava starts, transplanted as soon as soil can be worked, might extend the fava production season usefully.

https://oroseeds.com/shop/seeds/vegetables-spices/vicia-faba-stereo/
https://www.shootgardening.co.uk/plant/vicia-faba-stereo
https://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/40650/

Brian
-
edit: Joseph Lofthouse transplanted Favas successfully: See: https://permies.com/forums/imageCache/image/80f7f251e17fb1a7daaafdafca623a51/rye-rows_640.jpg and: https://permies.com/t/40/46317/Fava-Beans-beans#473551
 
Brian Cady
pollinator
Posts: 190
Location: Colrain, MA, USA (5a - ~1,000' elev.)
21
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Found a 2023 USA source: https://hirts.com/
I ordered some and will report,

Brian
-
 
Brian Cady
pollinator
Posts: 190
Location: Colrain, MA, USA (5a - ~1,000' elev.)
21
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Received 'Stereo' seed, will grow and report further. I plan to start in the greenhouse, then transplant out as soon as soil can be worked. This all depends on getting water from spring to greenhouse...

Brian
-
 
Brian Cady
pollinator
Posts: 190
Location: Colrain, MA, USA (5a - ~1,000' elev.)
21
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Transplanted Stereo fava bean plant in Colrain MA.
 
author & steward
Posts: 7368
Location: Cache Valley, zone 4b, Irrigated, 9" rain in badlands.
3574
  • Likes 1
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Favas transplant easily. That big seed stores a lot of energy to get them off to a quick start.

I also love sprouting favas indoors, and planting them out soon after the radical emerges.


Brian Cady wrote:I plan to start in the greenhouse, then transplant out as soon as soil can be worked. This all depends on getting water from spring to greenhouse...



I recommend planting them much earlier than that. As soon as the snow melts, or as soon as the earliest of spring flowers emerge if you don't have consistent snowcover.

I typically plant favas into beds prepared the previous fall.

 
Brian Cady
pollinator
Posts: 190
Location: Colrain, MA, USA (5a - ~1,000' elev.)
21
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
First 'Stereo' flowers:
 
Brian Cady
pollinator
Posts: 190
Location: Colrain, MA, USA (5a - ~1,000' elev.)
21
  • Likes 1
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
First 'Stereo' pod forming - photo.
 
We should throw him a surprise party. It will cheer him up. We can use this tiny ad:
Learn Permaculture through a little hard work
https://wheaton-labs.com/bootcamp
reply
    Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic