Pole bean Lingua di Fuoco 3 is a highly decorative, distinct, unusual-looking, organically grown and delicious-tasting pole bean variety. This is the climbing version of the old Italian Lingua di Fuoco variety. This variety is native to Italy. This bean is also called Borlotto, Borlotti or Pinto bean. This plant produces an abundance of beautiful, decorative, white and red-speckled pods containing white beans with red speckles. The pods can be eaten whole when young or harvested later for the decorative, delicious-tasting beans. This early and highly productive variety produces an abundance of deliciously tender, great-tasting, large, long white pods with red speckles. The beans inside the pods are also white with red speckles. The pods can be eaten whole if harvested young. The white beans in the pods can also be eaten as dry beans.
Use this great-tasting bean as a pod in soups, stews, stir-fries, pasta sauces, oven dishes, in stews, as a separate vegetable. Use inner beans in soups, stews, stir-fries, pasta sauces, oven dishes, in winter dishes with beans, in stews, briefly cooked in salads and as a separate vegetable. Non hardy annual. Height: 200 - 250 cm.
Soaking: 24 hours
Indoor sowing: April
Outdoor sowing: May
Germination: 7 - 14 days
Germination temp.: 18 - 22°C
Sowing depth.: 3 - 4 cm
Plant distance: 50 - 75 cm
Plant position: sunny and sheltered
Days till harvest: 55 - 70
Soak the seeds approx. 24 hours prior to sowing in tepid water. This speeds up the germination and helps with a more equal germination. Sow indoors for an early harvest in seperate pots from April on. Sow 1 seed per pot in moist potting soil. Sow in the middle of the pot approx. 3 - 4 cm deep and cover the seed with a thick layer of soil, because this variety is a dark germinator. Put away in a warm room and keep the temperature as even as possible between 18 - 22 °C. Don't let the temperature drop during the night. Keep moist and weedfree. Cover the pots with clingfilm to retain the moisture. Remove the clingfilm when the seedlings emerge. Harden the seedlings of for approx. 10 - 14 days during the day on a sunny and sheltered spot from the beginning of May. Put them afterwards on a very sunny, sheltered plot with some support.
Sow outdoors in a sunny plot with shelter and free draining soil from the middle of May, when the soil is warmed up in the spring sun. Sow approx. 3 - 4 cm deep and cover the seeds with a thick layer of soil. Keep moist and weedfree. Beans hate cold soil. This stops their growth. Thin the seedlings, when they're large enough to handle, to approx. 50 - 75 cm apart. Harvest the pods when they're approx. 25 cm in size and cut them of the plants with scissors. Water enough and give the plants support.
