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Title: Greek Gigante Beans
Post by: Pescador on May 15, 2012, 16:19:08

Bought some Gigante Beans while on holiday in Greece last week, (trying to ease their financial crisis single-handed)
They look like very large white runner bean seeds.
Anyone grown them?
I've started to chitt some on damp paper in the kitchen, and plan to pot-on and plant out if the weather eber warms up?
Any hints anybody? (Apart from getting an allotment in Greece and moving there full-time?)

Title: Re: Greek Gigante Beans
Post by: chriscross1966 on May 15, 2012, 17:10:10

Yeah I grow them... get them in in 3" pots indoors/thermostatic propagator now, then up into somethign a bit bigger adn harden off properly.... big plants, massive beans and will need de-blossoming come early -mid August to maximise the crop that they've got... they are delicious though....

Title: Re: Greek Gigante Beans
Post by: Jeannine on May 15, 2012, 17:10:40

I have grown them many tiimes in fact had some shipped over from Greece this year as many |o found where not the right size.There are a lot os so called Gigantes out there which are wrong. I have 20 plants coming on well now, all the 20 seeds I put to germiante did so.

They are runner beans and willcross with other runners.

I grew them in the Uk, started early and put out good sized plants, you should be fine as long as you have a decent season.

XX Jeannine

Title: Re: Greek Gigante Beans
Post by: grannyjanny on May 15, 2012, 17:12:57

I think these might be the ones lots of us were after earlier on this year ;D.

Title: Re: Greek Gigante Beans
Post by: Jeannine on May 15, 2012, 17:15:15

I found them XX Jeannine

Title: Re: Greek Gigante Beans
Post by: goodlife on May 15, 2012, 17:17:30

where did you find them?..would you mind pointing us into right direction Jeannine.. ;) ;D

Title: Re: Greek Gigante Beans
Post by: grannyjanny on May 15, 2012, 17:18:17

As Goodlife said please ;D ;D ;D.

Title: Re: Greek Gigante Beans
Post by: Kleftiwallah on May 15, 2012, 17:20:36

Hadem as a starter in Greece, we are still using up the crop from a couple of years ago. Thanks for the reminder that I need to grow some this year.

Cheers, Tony.

Title: Re: Greek Gigante Beans
Post by: Jeannine on May 15, 2012, 17:49:43

I got them from e bay in Greece. Several of us over here got them and they seem to be doing well.

XX Jeannine

I will try to find the name of the seller

It is http://www.allgreektome.net/

this is a link to his e bay shop, he is very nice, I bough a 500 grams I thik so ask if you want bigger amoumts

Title: Re: Greek Gigante Beans
Post by: Pescador on May 15, 2012, 19:02:45

Thanks Chriscross and Jeanine.
I just hope the weather improves, otherwise they're not going to like it too much

Title: Re: Greek Gigante Beans
Post by: Pescador on May 19, 2012, 12:50:04

They're now just starting to chitt, so I potted them up this morning. Think they might not like the unheated greenhouse, just have to wait and see.

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