Green Garbanzo Bean (Green Chickpea) Seeds - Bean, 10 seeds

Quantity: 10 Seeds / pack

Grow fresh green garbanzo beans at home with Cicer arietinum. This cool-season legume can be harvested at the green stage for tender, sweet pods or left to dry on the plant for storage beans. Each packet contains 10 seeds.

Seed Information

• Plant type: annual legume
• Common name: green garbanzo bean, green chickpea
• Botanical name: Cicer arietinum
• Sunlight: full sun
• Watering: moderate; keep soil evenly moist while plants are establishing
• Soil: rich, well-drained soil
• Growth habit: upright bushy plants

Growing Instructions

• Sow directly outdoors in early spring, about 1 inch deep and 3 inches apart.
• Sow after the danger of hard frost has passed; chickpeas prefer cool weather.
• Provide full sun and rich, well-drained soil.
• Keep plants evenly watered during flowering and pod fill; avoid waterlogged soil.
• Seeds generally germinate in about 10-14 days.
• For fresh eating, pick green pods while the plants are still green; general reference is around 90 days from sowing, though timing varies with climate.
• For dry beans, leave pods on the plant until the plants yellow and the pods are dry.