Wachs Beste von Allen
Variety
Wachs Beste von Allen
Approved Data
created by Andreea B. at 02.02.2021
Seed packet
Cultivation Break
3 Years
Season Overview
Sowing
Harvest
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Description
medium late wax bean - oldest approved variety, proven for 70 years- without strings. 'Wachs Beste von Allen' is an old, robust wax bean variety with pods about 15 cm/5.9 in long, light to medium yellow, somewhat curved. The decorative white seeds have small black speckles.
F1 Hybrid
Growing tips
in rows or heaps - pile up for better stand - harvest early otherwise furry
Details
Light requirement
Semi-shaded
Water requirement
Moist
Soil
Medium (loamy)
Nutrient requirement
Medium
Dark germinator
Germination temperature
14 - 22 °C (Degrees Celsius)
Plant distance
8 cm
Row spacing
30 cm
Seeding depth
2.5 cm
Companion Plants
Abyssinian cabbage / Ethiopian mustard
Asparagus
Aubergine / Eggplant
Beetroot
Black salsify
Blackberry / Brambles
Borage
Broccoli
Broccoli raab / Stem cabbage / Cima di rapa
Brussels sprouts
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage (Cabbage)
Cabbage (Pointed cabbage)
Cabbage (red cabbage)
Cabbage (Savoy cabbage)
Calliopsis / Tickseed
Caraway / Meridian fennel / Persian cumin
Carrots
Cauliflower
Celery (Celeriac / Celery root)
Celery (Celery)
Celery (Leaf celery / Chinese celery)
Celtuce / Stem lettuce
Chard
Chili
Chinese kale - Kai-lan / Chinese broccoli
Collard greens (Kale)
Collard greens (Tuscan kale / Dinosaur kale / Palm tree kale)
Common marigold
Coneflower (Echinacea)
Corn / Maize
Courgette / Zucchini
Cucumber (Caigua)
Cucumber / Gherkin
Currant
Dill
Garden squash - Patisson / UFO squash
Gooseberry
Hair cucumbers / snake gourds
Kohlrabi / German turnip / Turnip cabbage
Lettuce (Common chicory)
Lettuce (Endive / Escarole / Erisée)
Lettuce (Lamb's lettuce)
Lettuce (Lettuce)
Lettuce (Oriental greens / Brown mustard)
Lettuce (Puntarelle / Cicoria di catalogna / Cicoria asparago)
Lettuce (Radicchio / Italian chicory)
Lettuce (Sugar loaf)
Melon (Sugar melon)
Melon (Watermelon)
Mizuna / Japanese mustard greens
Napa cabbage / Chinese cabbage
Nasturtium
Nightshades (Other)
Oregano
Ornamental pumpkin
Pak Choi
Pepper / Paprika
Physalis
Pumpkin / Squash
Radish
Radishes
Rapini / Broccoli rabe
Raspberry
Rhubarb
Rudbeckia (Coneflower / Black-eyed-susans)
Rutabaga / Swedish turnip
Sage
Savory
Spinach (Summer)
Spinach (Winter)
Sponge gourd / Egyptian cucumber / Vietnamese luffa
Strawberry
Tagetes / Marigolds
Tomato (Bush tomato)
Tomato (Cocktail bush tomato)
Tomato (Stake tomato)
Turnip
Turnip greens - Choy Sum / Chinese flowering cabbage
Turnip greens - Mizuna
Turnip greens - Tatsoi
Turnip-rooted chervil
Turnips - Oilseed turnips
Turnips - Wild turnips
Vegetable cabbage - Forage cabbage
Vegetable cabbage - wild cabbage / ancient cabbage
Yalta tomatoes
Antagonistic Plants
Bean ((Scarlet) runner bean)
Bean (Broad bean / Faba bean / Field bean)
Bean (Hyacinth bean / Lablab-bean)
Bean (Lima Bean)
Bean (Runner bean)
Chickpea
Chives
Chives
Elderberry
Evergreen
Fennel
Florence fennel / Finocchio
Forsythia
Garlic
Garlic chives
Ivy
Jerusalem artichoke / Topinambur
Larkspur
Leeks
Lentils
Lilac
Onion
Onion (Spring onion)
Ornamental alliums
Pea
Peony
Rapeseed - Sheer cabbage / Siberian cabbage
Soybean
Wild garlic
Diseases
Bacterial canker
Root Rot
Fusarium
Bean Rust
Bean Mosaic Virus
Common Bacterial Blight (Bean Blight)
Pests
Broad Bean weevil
Black bean aphid
Bean Seed Fly
Aphids
Land snails
