I am the first american born on my father's side of the family. My American grandmother worked at a dairy, my French grandparents were dairy farmers. I visited my French grandmother who is about to be 97 yrs old and brought back two varieties of flageolet beans, Flavert and Flajoly this year. My family in France lives in the NE, Lorraine, which is the same North wise as the USA-Canadian border(I live in South Carolina). The soil in Lorraine is the most fertile soil in the world (naturally without any help). I planted my beans here in SC on July 16 2017 in the evening and the Flavert beans were up this morning (July 20 2017). I use a furrow blade and dug trenches for each row and filled the rows with organic garden soil from California before planting. The beans state that they are to germinate in 5-8 days. So the Flavert are early. Because these beans normally grow in Lorraine, France I decided to grow them at the end of their advertised window so that they might grow and produce a yield versus just vines due to the heat here in SC. I know that French flageolet beans require rich soil, which I tried to provide, but that is all I know. I am an fiber farmer raising alpacas, angora goats, pigs, rabbits, poultry so I do have manure I could add but have not this year because I do not want a nitrogen over kill. I do have enough beans of the 2 varities to try again 3-5 times. If anyone has any info for growing beans in SC, growing flageolets outside of France or any other suggestions, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Joel Simon (Sgt USMC, veteran)
J&E Homestead LLC, owner operator
I am the first american born on my father's side of the family. My American grandmother worked at a dairy, my French grandparents were dairy farmers. I visited my French grandmother who is about to be 97 yrs old and brought back two varieties of flageolet beans, Flavert and Flajoly this year. My family in France lives in the NE, Lorraine, which is the same North wise as the USA-Canadian border(I live in South Carolina). The soil in Lorraine is the most fertile soil in the world (naturally without any help). I planted my beans here in SC on July 16 2017 in the evening and the Flavert beans were up this morning (July 20 2017). I use a furrow blade and dug trenches for each row and filled the rows with organic garden soil from California before planting. The beans state that they are to germinate in 5-8 days. So the Flavert are early. Because these beans normally grow in Lorraine, France I decided to grow them at the end of their advertised window so that they might grow and produce a yield versus just vines due to the heat here in SC. I know that French flageolet beans require rich soil, which I tried to provide, but that is all I know. I am an fiber farmer raising alpacas, angora goats, pigs, rabbits, poultry so I do have manure I could add but have not this year because I do not want a nitrogen over kill. I do have enough beans of the 2 varities to try again 3-5 times. If anyone has any info for growing beans in SC, growing flageolets outside of France or any other suggestions, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Joel Simon (Sgt USMC, veteran)
J&E Homestead LLC, owner operator