Broad Beans

birdlodge · 29 January

I sowed the seed in Nov, some beans are about 3 inches high but some stems are going black and wilting over to the ground, any ideas why?

Dovefromabove · 29 January

Are they in the open ground, pots? Inside or out?

birdlodge · 29 January

Outside in the ground

Busy-Lizzie · 29 January

Mine always do that, I never have success with autumn sown broad beans, yet I know several people who do. I sow them in March, works much better.

birdlodge · 29 January

Thanks, I normally sow mine in March but read that Autumn sowings are earlier and avoid the dreaded blackfly!

Joyce Goldenlily · 29 January

The excessive wet is likely to cause rotting of broad beans.
I cannot sow any legumes outside due to the number of little brown furries who just dig them up and eat them. I always sow mine in pots in an unheated conservatory, the little things find their way into the greenhouse. I assume they must smell them.

thevictorian · 29 January

Last winter most down our allotment lost their autumn sown broad beans. I know some didn't bother trying again and a couple who have lost theirs this year but I haven't seen that many people to say it's widespread.
Even the few that did survive last year were knocked back to the point that spring sold ones caught and passed them.

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