I have just ordered some of these seeds, and was wondering if any has grown them before. I believe you can do them as patio plants. I am looking to doa few at home, but also wondering if they can be grown outside at the lottie, and do they get quite a few pods on them, and does picking them help more to grow.
Thank you
What is thevariety? The Sutton is quite small...
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It is the sutton dwarf ones, are they ok for outside, I will have about 20 plants planted ( got a thing for patio veg lol) and roughly how many would you get off one plant.
Sorry another question can you recommend a good outdoor one with a high yeild please
You should get about 12 - 16 pods off a plant and they're perfect for outside too. I like masterpiece green longpod for outside, very green beans and more flavour than the others I've tried.
can I plant them now in my cold greenhouse
Yes, you could plant them outside now. Better in pots though.
do they grow like a bush variety or do I need canes to support the, I understand they are really small.
I've grown them for the last three years and they grow well in North Yorkshire. Mine grew to about 2 foot tall, but I've found it's more productive where I am to sow 5/10 beans at a time, every few weeks as I get chocolate spot. I just keep growing new plants because the beans die quite quickly once they succumb to this disease, and so it's not worth waiting for a bigger crop. They normally only need staking when they have a lot of pods on them.
sorry to sound silly what is a chocolate spot
I keep trying others but keep going back to aqua dulce, a great outside broad bean. We get high winds here so I plant 3 beans together in a tight block, no wind damage as yet and had some belting winds this year! will take some pics this weekend.....................
Choclate Spot is a disease like rust, it affects the leaves and stems... causing them to go brown and die... most BB's get some in a normal season..
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Sorry not to reply earlier, but yes, chocolate spot is a disease that affects the leaves and stems, you get chocolate coloured dusty marks, that gradually spread. I didn't get this until recently, and last year it was quite bad, with fewer beans that normal. So that's why I am trying to get rid of the plants as soon as I can. It's a bit of an experiment really, hope it works!
QuoteYou should get about 12 - 16 pods off a plant
i must be doing something wrong!! only usually get one or two?
I normally get a good yield too, but we are very lucky at my lottie in North Yorkshire, as we seem to have the ideal conditions. They like a well drained, moisture retentive soil (doesn't almost everything?!) and a sunny position. My main problem is my soil is too free draining, so I dig in a lot of well rotted compost, not for the nutritional value, but for it's moisture retaining qualities! Do you have a heavy or clay soil perhaps gunnerbee?
Sorry to divert the thread but it relates to Sutton broad beans
I started of some broad beans indoors 5 weeks ago and as got bigger I moved them to the cold frame. When the cold frame was moved to new allotment I did not move the beans and they have been exposed to cold nights. What I have noticed are feathery growths at the top and around the stem whose tips have blackened. They do not look like flowers - can anyone indicate what they are and have I caused irreversible damage? Are Suttons really ok in extreme temperatures?