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quizzical1
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Ceanothus in Northampton
Broad Beans
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October 26, 2007, 21:43:25 »
Is it worthy sowing my Aquadulce broad beans now for an early crop next year, or should I just wait until spring? I have loads of room where the spuds were, and I did not managed to get many brassicas in this year, just 2 rows, and 2 rows of leeks too.
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Uncle Joshua
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Re: Broad Beans
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October 26, 2007, 22:12:13 »
I'd wait.
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Re: Broad Beans
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October 26, 2007, 22:16:38 »
Doh....I planted some up in toilet rolls a couple of weeks ago, they are just coming through.
I gather they can get leggy if planted too soon, so if I pinch them out later will they branch and produce more beans?
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redimp
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Re: Broad Beans
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October 26, 2007, 22:36:24 »
Location: Northampton, UK
Quote from: MickW on October 26, 2007, 22:12:13
I'd wait.
I wouldn't - get them in. If possible, stick them in pots and germinate them under glass but they should be OK germinating outside too.
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jjt
Half Acre
Posts: 173
Re: Broad Beans
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October 26, 2007, 23:10:47 »
I'd wait - about 2 weeks.
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sarah
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Re: Broad Beans
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October 27, 2007, 07:55:23 »
get them in, they will be fine.
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Rhubarb Thrasher
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Re: Broad Beans
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October 27, 2007, 08:53:00 »
Aquadulce never do very well for me with spring sowing. I'd put them in now
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5rod
Half Acre
Posts: 179
Re: Broad Beans
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October 27, 2007, 11:37:59 »
All depends on where you live
mine have been in a week ( west sussex)
you can aways cut them back
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artichoke
Hectare
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Re: Broad Beans
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October 27, 2007, 11:43:11 »
I've always put in Aquadulce around now. Half mine are in, and I'm pre-germinating the rest for putting in today. If they get cut back by frost, they bound up again in the spring, multi-stemmed, I suppose because they have good root systems.
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calendula
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Re: Broad Beans
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October 27, 2007, 12:30:36 »
there are not many hard and fast rules in gardening, most of it is opinion based on experience
sowing BB's in autumn - best done in modules and then planted out as the mice love the seeds but other animals can eat the crop over winter when they get hungry - if the weather is really bad the crop can end up looking miserable and you harvest not much sooner than a spring sown one - if they survive the winter that is
it also depends on your location as the better the climate the better and easier it will be
you can but try, that is how we learn - it pays to be quizzical ;D
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Suffolklad
Quarter Acre
Posts: 93
Re: Broad Beans
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October 27, 2007, 15:32:13 »
I planted a 40' x 6' block of broad beans out last week.
Admitedly it is usually mild where I live, but we have found that they don't get blackfly and we get a much better crop from autumn-sown. I don't bother with a spring sowing now.
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Robert_Brenchley
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Re: Broad Beans
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October 28, 2007, 09:27:18 »
That's a massive bed; however many do you eat? Now I've got the garlic in, I'll probably follow up with beans, but my family aren't keen, unfortunately, so I won't be putting many in.
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Suffolklad
Quarter Acre
Posts: 93
Re: Broad Beans
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October 28, 2007, 11:14:10 »
Well we supplied half the family with BBs this year and still froze 32lbs of them ;D
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