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My broad beans have just come to an end.  Do I leave them to die back like peas or do I pull them out and put something else in?

I'd pull them out and put something else in  :)

That is what I am doing, ie lifting them so the ground is vacant.

Leave the roots in the soil - nitrogen has been fixed there!
And compost the rest...

Quote from: terrace max on July 29, 2005, 09:41:13
Leave the roots in the soil - nitrogen has been fixed there!
And compost the rest...

Thanks all. That's what 'll do then, waste not want not and all that.

Cheers.

That's what I've done. Left the roots in the ground and composted the stalks  ;D

Lots of nodules on the roots that fix nitrogen into the soil as they are Legumes.....I believe......stand to be corrected.

For those, like me. who have broads just coming on, DON'T try to get them too big. They are much nicer young & tender.

If you DO let them go too far, don't forget to skin them & pretend they are young.

My broad bean plants, after I had picked all the beans, had new growth at the base.  So I have cut back all the old growth, and after only three days there are quite a few fresh new shoots with flowers on.   I haven't done this before - does any know if I will get a second crop of beans?

I tried this last year, but they succumbed to a disease...which I can't remember the name of...chocolate spot or something.  If they stay healthy, there is no reason for you not to get another late crop!  Lucky you, I have given up on broadies!  :-\

Chop stems and put on compost heap leave roots in the ground and in late Ausgust plant spring cabbage