if I were you Bf206 I think 'd dig up one end of the row and see what's happened - they usually pop up inside a week in the warm, and even outside not much longer. They may have rotted or been eaten by mice?
unusual for schools to use them it's normally runners.
It would be much happier in open ground but as very near to setting seed pot disturbance might be a problem I think it's a pretty plant and would plant it out in a flower bed(.pick the top out though to upset the blackfly)
Surely a great talking point not sure if any of my brood would have eaten the beans at 4 but cooked and shucked you could enjoy them in a salad (my mum used to call them sweaty feet beans I never ate them until I was all grown up)
I germinate my bean seeds by laying a damp tisue or paper kitchen towel in the bottom of a plastic container, then lay the beans on top and cover with a lit or cling film and leave in a dark cupboard. Check every couple of days to see if any have germinated and place the germinated seeds in pots. I find this way is a quick method to grow beans and ensures that all your pots have a growing plant in them
We had broad bean seeds at school, but we didnt use soil, just germinated them betwen a glass jar wall and rolled up blotting paper. Maybe the teacher took them all home to plant.
Edd, try and get it in the ground though, it will give up soon in a pot I reckon. I am not sure about the pollenation, I cant see any beans forming yet, but as the flowers fade you will see them, if they are going to form.
I love broad beans but hate the skins, so I par boil them, tip onto a tray, leave to get cold, then the skins just pop off. Then freeze, I like them better frozen, same with peas.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Reg Wells has the method, tried and tested. I have used this method for 30 or more years for all types of beans and other seeds including parsnip seed. It is a fool proof way of ensuring that the seed is viable before sowing into small pots or modules. Instead of placing the seed on damp paper I use a 1 inch layer of compost kept nicely moist with the seed set on the surface eye down, place in a poly bag, first shoots will show in approx 7-10 days.
I sow Runner/French beans in 6 inch pots filled with garden soil, about 10 or so seeds per pot. They germinate well in the greenhouse, then they're easy to transplant out when ready - I soak the pot briefly, then rinse the soil off and plant the individual plants ou in the ground.
I checked my beans (been 3 weeks and a no show ) dug around and found only 1 bean out of 60 planted and that was full of holes ! talking to 1 of the older guys on the allotment he said it was tiny black slugs and it's no good trying to grow from seed, so back to the drawing board iv'e planted some more and got em in the cold frame and playing catch up ..D.D.
Maybe you have missed my reply of a few days ago and also the one from Reg Wells on this subject. I hope you can refer back to them as this method is foolproof. Give it a go, you will not be disappointed.
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if I were you Bf206 I think 'd dig up one end of the row and see what's happened - they usually pop up inside a week in the warm, and even outside not much longer. They may have rotted or been eaten by mice?
Lovely Broad bean plant Edd
unusual for schools to use them it's normally runners.
It would be much happier in open ground but as very near to setting seed pot disturbance might be a problem I think it's a pretty plant and would plant it out in a flower bed(.pick the top out though to upset the blackfly
)
Surely a great talking point
not sure if any of my brood would have eaten the beans at 4 but cooked and shucked you could enjoy them in a salad (my mum used to call them sweaty feet beans 
I never ate them until I was all grown up
)
I germinate my bean seeds by laying a damp tisue or paper kitchen towel in the bottom of a plastic container, then lay the beans on top and cover with a lit or cling film and leave in a dark cupboard. Check every couple of days to see if any have germinated and place the germinated seeds in pots. I find this way is a quick method to grow beans and ensures that all your pots have a growing plant in them
We had broad bean seeds at school, but we didnt use soil, just germinated them betwen a glass jar wall and rolled up blotting paper. Maybe the teacher took them all home to plant.
Edd, try and get it in the ground though, it will give up soon in a pot I reckon. I am not sure about the pollenation, I cant see any beans forming yet, but as the flowers fade you will see them, if they are going to form.
I love broad beans but hate the skins, so I par boil them, tip onto a tray, leave to get cold, then the skins just pop off. Then freeze, I like them better frozen, same with peas.
Reg Wells has the method, tried and tested. I have used this method for 30 or more years for all types of beans and other seeds including parsnip seed. It is a fool proof way of ensuring that the seed is viable before sowing into small pots or modules. Instead of placing the seed on damp paper I use a 1 inch layer of compost kept nicely moist with the seed set on the surface eye down, place in a poly bag, first shoots will show in approx 7-10 days.
I sow Runner/French beans in 6 inch pots filled with garden soil, about 10 or so seeds per pot. They germinate well in the greenhouse, then they're easy to transplant out when ready - I soak the pot briefly, then rinse the soil off and plant the individual plants ou in the ground.
I checked my beans (been 3 weeks and a no show ) dug around and found only 1 bean out of 60 planted and that was full of holes ! talking to 1 of the older guys on the allotment he said it was tiny black slugs and it's no good trying to grow from seed, so back to the drawing board iv'e planted some more and got em in the cold frame and playing catch up ..D.D.
Maybe you have missed my reply of a few days ago and also the one from Reg Wells on this subject. I hope you can refer back to them as this method is foolproof. Give it a go, you will not be disappointed.