Solberga, organic seeds
Eco Heirloom
Information
Solberga is an old traditional Swedish broad bean with heritage from a small region with the same name, located in Bohuslän. It has been grown here for hundreds of years and is considered an important staple food. The disciple of Carl von Linné, Pehr Kalm described it during his trip in 1742 as the finest of broad beans. The bean has been cultivated for generations by the family Eliasson from Ödsmåls Västergård in Solberga. The bean is slightly smaller than the ones we often see today, but many people would agree that the taste exceeds the more commonly grown varieties.
Fully-grown, the plant reaches a height of about one meter and blossoms with white flowers with a black spot. Each pod contains 4-5 seeds and they can be eaten as fresh, lightly cooked, nutty delicacies in the Summer. They are also favourably left to ripen on the plant. By then the pods are black and can easily be shelled and the seeds dried for winter storage. The beans are light brown in colour.
The Programme for Diversity of Cultivated Plants, POM, has played an important role in the work of getting the Solberga Broad Been back on the market.
One portion contains about 25 seeds.
| Product number: | 8960 |
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| Scientific name: | Vicia faba |
| Botanic family: | Fabaceae |
| Organic: | Yes |
| Days to maturity: | 80 |
| Lifespan: | Annual |
| F1 Hybrid: | No |
| New variety: | No |
| Sowing time: | April–July |
| Sowing depth: | 5 cm |
| Germination time: | 10–15 days |
| Plant spacing: | 10–15 cm |
| Row spacing: | 40–60 cm |
| Height: | 100 cm |
| Plant location: | Sun |
| Harvest/blooming: | July–frost |
| Seeds/g: | 1 seed |
| Heirloom variety: | Yes |
