Allotments 4 All

Here's some of my broad beans. 125 plants in all, Witkiem Manita, Red Epicure, Masterpiece Green Longpod and Bunyards Exhibition.

All taste great.

Had them with my Red Duke of York tatties, Early Snowball Caulie and Turbo onions.............. oh and steak diane.

Between the 25th May and 17th June I picked 1712grams of broad beans (podded weight) from my 20 plants which were sown on 14th November.

Those planted on 9th April provided a first pulling on 2nd July.

Last year I planted a late crop in July and it was too late because the air was too damp and cold in October and they were a sorry sight.

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What a great sight!

Trust you all unzip your pods to make life easier??

These are dwarfs, by the way.

Sawfish, which are the best to grow?  I don't have enough space for them all?  Your photo looks wonderful. :)

1I podded a pressure cooker full of green longpod last night! Now in bags in the freezer!

Tim what do you mean "unzip"? sorry for such a stupid question but it takes me ages to pod B.Beans.

They are glorious. So beautiful aren't they. (Or is that just me being odd?)

Tulippa I would grow masterpiece green longpod (the darker green ones) as they definitely have the sweetest taste of the varieties I grew (all of which are excellent) though the catalogues seem to say different.

I agree with you sawfish, masterpiece/imperial green longpod are wonerful.  Picked when the beans are just showing in the pods, and when podded the beans are the size of a large pea

When you see broad beans in supermarkets/on market stalls, they are so old, that even after boiling the beans and skinnlng them, they really are tasteless floury pap!!

valmarg