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My overwintering ones cropped earlier than the ones I planted at the end of Jan. In fact as soon as the overwintered ones were done, the Jan planted ones came into their own - almost like I planned it ;)Re blackfly - I clipped my dead hydrangea flowers in early spring and noticed there were hundreds of ladybirds overwintering in them, so I kept the deadheads and put them in an upturned basket (to stop them blowing away) and placed this near the beans - result, loads of ladybird larvae sorting out the aphids.
I think I sowed them October (Aqua Dulce), the biggest enemy they had were winter gales, as they'd reached about 2ft+ in January. I rigged up some poly-sheeting around them which helped greatly, so definitely recommend protection.
(How did this get in Under Glass?)
If it's viable, could well be worth taking hydrangea cuttings to plant in the veg plot; more of a natural ladybird house.
They were Suttons Giant Exhibition Longpod
Quote from: Sally A on August 16, 2008, 13:06:07(How did this get in Under Glass?)how did what get in under glass?This topic? Broad beans are normally sown outside. OK granted a few people start them off under glass, but normally just to infill plants that fail to germinate outside, or those that get mucnhed by slugs >:(