Plant them in very cold weather. They don't do well when it warms up.
>Why would a seed company be so stingy?
>
No doubt one of those "more money than you have sense" seed companies. Many
companies have a fixed weight of bean seeds you will get and if that comes to
300 turtle bean seeds, then the same weight is only ten fava beans and so
sorry, that's what you get.
Best, I have found, to stay away from seedsmen for bean seeds. Instead buy
beans and plant them. Most health food stores and bulk stores carry or can
get
dried fava beans. Just make sure you are getting whole beans and not the
split hulled beans.