Hi I love broad beans as well if started them off in pots October,November time in the greenhouse and planted them in the soil at the allotment one of the few plants that the birds won't eat
I planted my broad beans last November straight into the garden, they've all come up and are looking really well. I'm quite new to gardening but have had a good amount of success.
I've just had a tidy up of my allotment, and planted the onions and garlic, but now ready to plant some broad beans, but am unsure of which is the best varity to get, any suggestions?
I planted some broad beans a couple of weeks ago, and thought I was well prepared. I hadn't taken into account that I'd not read up on which way up/round to put them in the ground
i had to sit there with them in front of me, looking it up on my phone, in an area with a notoriously poor signal and for the first time ever, no one else at the site that I could ask lol
Planted up deep yoghurt pots with 'Sutton' (dwarf) and similarly 'Bunyards Exhibition' broad beans today - they start off in a cold greenhouse and then migrate to a coldframe in a sunny, sheltered spot to overwinter. Normally I cover a raised bed for a month or so, scarify for light weed (if any), and then plant out in double rows from mid-February onwards. Any weakly ones have 'extra' seed popped in nearby to avoid gaps when cropping. [*Coastal SW Wales has a very mild, wet climate, especially noticeable in Winter.]
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I planted my broad beans last November straight into the garden, they've all come up and are looking really well. I'm quite new to gardening but have had a good amount of success.
My best ever broad beans sow them in the ground October_November lots of my organic homemade compost sweet as a nut pick them small
I've just had a tidy up of my allotment, and planted the onions and garlic, but now ready to plant some broad beans, but am unsure of which is the best varity to get, any suggestions?
Hi James
If you're sowing them outside now to overwinter them, the variety you need is Aquadulce Claudia.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
See my post above. Try Stereo for mangetoute BEANS in spring as an alternative.
I planted some broad beans a couple of weeks ago, and thought I was well prepared. I hadn't taken into account that I'd not read up on which way up/round to put them in the ground
i had to sit there with them in front of me, looking it up on my phone, in an area with a notoriously poor signal and for the first time ever, no one else at the site that I could ask lol
Planted up deep yoghurt pots with 'Sutton' (dwarf) and similarly 'Bunyards Exhibition' broad beans today - they start off in a cold greenhouse and then migrate to a coldframe in a sunny, sheltered spot to overwinter. Normally I cover a raised bed for a month or so, scarify for light weed (if any), and then plant out in double rows from mid-February onwards. Any weakly ones have 'extra' seed popped in nearby to avoid gaps when cropping. [*Coastal SW Wales has a very mild, wet climate, especially noticeable in Winter.]