Broad/Runner seeds.

[telboy]

Is there an ideal 'way up' for planting these seeds?
To save the plant time, I'm thinking of the plant trying to orientate it's root and stem.
:)

[telboy]

[Robert_Brenchley]

I just shove them in and don't worry. They grow fast enough once they get started!

[connectedcats]

Regardless of which way they are planted, root cells know to go down, and shoot cells up. Even my chitted peas and beans soon find their way when planted, I don't always manage to get them in the 'right way up'. I don't think it slows the plants up, as long as the seeds are not planted so far down they run out of steam to reach the light they will be fine.

[hartybeast]

Don't plant the broad beans "flat" as water can sit in the depression on the sides of the bean and there is more chance of them rotting. I don't think this matters too much with runners though.