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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: Digeroo on October 02, 2014, 16:40:21
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How big are the plants, how far apart do you sow the seeds? Do they survive the winter?
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They can get tall - neighbour's ones were well over 5ft. Should be happy through winter and spacing is 6-9 inches.
Sowing mine in a couple of weeks.
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Mine tend to be 3-4 foot tall ... and I space them about 6 inches apart in staggered rows like normal broad beans but closer.
They've always overwintered if they've germinated ... but don't leave it too late - sometimes they don't germinate in the colder weather.
Fantastic little beans, hugely productive and delicious.
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I had not realised they got so big. Not sure how they will fare when the wind starts ripping through. With smaller bean I sort of expected the plants to be small too.
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Well they have always been sturdy plants for me. If they overwinter - they usually only get 6 inches and then go dormant for the winter which means the winter winds won't trouble them too much.
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Of course, I was not thinking, they will not get 4-5 ft before it gets cold. I suddenly had this image of these huge plants tossing about in the wind.
Looks like I might have started chitting them too soon. Luckily got them from Tuckers so have loads in the packet, so the first batch might have to be green manure.