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Growing => Growing in Greenhouses & Polytunnels => Topic started by: moam1 on September 19, 2011, 09:12

Title: broad beans
Post by: moam1 on September 19, 2011, 09:12

hello every one .i have clean out my polytunnel this week end.i would like to know if i plant this week in the polytunnel broad beans .will i get a crop for Christmas .thanks every one

Title: Re: broad beans
Post by: DD. on September 19, 2011, 09:19

I very much doubt it.

It'll soon be time to sow for spring cropping.

Title: Re: broad beans
Post by: rowlandwells on October 03, 2011, 20:47

 I've had two seasons failure with broad beans since i moved the beans for crop rotation the plan is to set them on another part of the Lottie next season the thing is the ground is a tad on the heavy side i usually  raise the seed in the greenhouse in pots before transplanting them on the Lottie what in your opinion would be a good time to start the BB seed off

i used to have good crops of BB perhaps a general fertilizer or wood ash mix when the BB have established i never used any fert on both season's  because the ground had horse dung spread overwinter

any advise for next season

Title: Re: broad beans
Post by: tlm1965 on October 10, 2011, 10:56

Sorry to say no broad beans for Christmas.

Title: Re: broad beans
Post by: japagow on October 11, 2011, 20:10

Try oriental greens instead they grow faster than broad beans which I would forget until the spring then plant outside.

Title: Re: broad beans
Post by: sunshineband on October 12, 2011, 07:28

Broad beans need insects for pollination, so if you do grow them inside you will need to deal with this to get a crop  :) although not for Christmas as DD has pointed out ;)