Jim, while I am interested in all things legume, not all will grow well for me - including favas. My Spring is too brief, and my Summer too hot for them. But I will be trying again next year, there is a purple-seeded variety I really want to grow - wish me luck. Maybe I'll have a cool(er) Summer.

I did recall reading about an Egyptian fava, and looked it up. It was a variety called "Foul Muddammas" ("foul" is Arabic for fava). There are a couple variations on the spelling. I don't know if that is your variety, but it is a place to start. It is a "minor" type, with smaller seeds than, say, "Broad Windsor". While the online references (such as MEN) refer to it primarily as a cover crop, you can eat the beans... I found references to them being sold in cans.

Interesting in that, like your "Insuk's" runner beans, "Foul Muddammas" is listed as being a cool-weather vegetable that is heat-tolerant. I may have to try this one as well.

Zeedman
"cool weather vegetable that is heat tolerant"

The person who is offering me these seeds lives and grows them in Arkansas.

Had more computer problems and lost your e-mail address. Could you e-mail me @jwr6404@msn.com

Jim, that is not surprising. What would be "cool weather crops" to much of the continental interior, would be "Winter crops" to those with milder winters in the deep South & Maritime regions.

When I lived in SoCal, I grew favas as part of a Winter cover crop (along with vetch & rye)... but I always mowed them & turned them under before the beans matured.

I haven't heard of this one. And I haven't tried Favas since moving to Oklahoma. But I suspect they would do very well here, planted in late January so as to "catch the wave," when more moderate temps arrive. I did grow them in the high desert of Hidalgo, in Mexico, where April and May temps hit over 104 F. We planted them in January and they were done by the end of April.

George
Tahlequah, OK