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Dwarf Broad Beans and Pigeons
NewBoy2
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My dwarf beans are planted and are about 6 - 8 inches tall and under a cloche
? When can I take it off please
They will grow to @ 24 inches
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I don't protect my over-wintering broad beans at all. Two winters ago they survived 10 weeks under 18" of snow - if your garden is not unusually exposed and if you've chosen a variety that is known to over-winter well I would remove the cloche now.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Always the first and always the best Dove but its those pesky pigeons Im asking about really
We have wood pigeons living in the ash trees above the veg patch - they've never troubled the broad beans and so far they've not troubled the purple sprouting broccoli or cabbages either!
I have got a couple of sparkly seaside windmills stuck in the ground among the broccoli plants to give them a bit of a warning - they're not very bright. OH has named one of them Peabrain
Good luck!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Many thanks Dove as always......not sure my MCP image would stand up to sparkly seaside windmills but thanks for the advice !!