broad beans

[paulinems]

put my broad beans in ground last year, they have got flower buds develiping on them is it to early shoud i grow some more
Pauline

[paulinems]

[Robert_Brenchley]

Up to you. What variety are they? There's no need to panic; they do go on growing after producing flowers. My Aquadulce Claudia always start when they're smallish, though not at the size they currently are. I'll be putting in a diferent variety soon.

[GrannieAnnie]

What do you folks mean by broad beans? Is that like a Romano flat bean? I've never heard of beans that grow through the winter.

[Eristic]

I think the translation of broad bean is fava.

[Robert_Brenchley]

Some varieties can be planted in the autumn, at least in areas with our mild winters, to get an early crop.

[bupster]

I've got peas 10cm high as well - earliest I've ever known them.

[Robert_Brenchley]

What variety?

[Teena]

we put 'Bunyards Exhibition' broad beans and 'Feltham First' peas in in november and they are up about 2 /3 ins at the mo.
its our 1st attempt at overwintering them and so far so good. about half have come through so not too bad at all
cheers teena

[cambourne7]

I have had to pull a couple of broad bean plants and they have just grown so big, no flowers yet though.

[bupster]

Mine were Douce de Provence peas - planted in November, which I thought was too late, and with no protection, despite the cold nights.

[Magnolia]

I have had to pull a couple of broad bean plants and they have just grown so big, no flowers yet though.

Cambourne, Whats big?  One set of mine are about 20inches tall and I'm wondering whether to pull them up and compost them.  The rest have been nibbled quite a bit and I'm wondering whether to pull them as well or to see if they recover.  J.