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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: 5rod on May 07, 2011, 12:15:46

Title: broad beans
Post by: 5rod on May 07, 2011, 12:15:46

hi all
great news i was watering broad beans last night
and was taken back, will be eating them within a week.
nice and big pods. aquardulce stated in octoeber
normal eating mid june so very happy. ;D ;D ;D
                              5rod ::)

Title: Re: broad beans
Post by: saddad on May 07, 2011, 12:36:14

I'm in full flower from a spring sowing... this rain will help...  :)

Title: Re: broad beans
Post by: pigeonseed on May 07, 2011, 13:36:41

Pods already, how fantastic!

My overwintering ones have been flowering for a while, so I'll start looking out for pods.
Thank goodness for the rain we had last night.

Title: Re: broad beans
Post by: PeterVV on May 07, 2011, 14:59:31

I have pods too....have pricked out the tips too as have lots of flowers on them, mine are also Aquadulce sewn in November.

Title: Re: broad beans
Post by: artichoke on May 07, 2011, 21:54:38

Those of my autumn sown aquadulce that survived (some didn't) have developing pods - maybe another week before eating some. The seeds I put in the gaps this spring are flowering like mad, and are much taller. I do find that a hard winter keeps aquadulce shorter than usual for a month or so, then they stretch up.