[Daisygirl]

I would like to put a follow on veg in the area that my first earlies are in now would it be too early in Aug to put in broad beans also which ones are best as ive never grown them before?
Cheers
Daisy

[mattwragg94]

yeh i would wait abit longer (around november). As for the varieties, theres a few to go at but i would say the most common are bunyards exhibition and the sutton dwarf.

[allotment-bill]

sorry to early to sow now but best wait till October November and Ive found  'Aquadulce Claudia the best they over winter very well indeed

[OpenSourceAgriculture]

Yes, Aquadulce Claudia, planted in good-draining soil in  the sunny South East worked like a dream if planted in late October.   I used to pick broad beans from the end of May onwards.

Now I am in the cool and wet West, with heavy clay, I would not dream of planting any type of broad bean for over-wintering.  They would not have a chance of even germinating.  This year, I put mine in the ground in late February, and due to the lovely cool, wet and always grey weather, they are only NOW podding up.   On the plus side, there are NO blackfly or aphids, because except for the 8 days of warmish sunnyish weather at the end of May, blackfly and aphids have been having a bad year, tsk!

[Salmo]

Most varieties of broad bean if sown now will produce a lot of leaves but probably few beans.

The"Sutton" , which is a short variety, says on the packet that it can be sown from March to July. I have never tried it so late but it could be worth a try.

You would probably be better to sow some dwarf beans. There is a variety called "Speedy"which is supposed to be very quick producing its beans. Or you might find some plants at a garden centre which would gain you a couple of weeks.

[LilacSandy]

I sowed some Sutton at the begining of the month and have planted out some very stocky plants last week.  I have never done this before but because of all the bad weather we have been having I thought this would be a good back up.

My main crop have now come in and I have a great crop so if the experiment does not work that will be ok, will be nice to know in case I lose the main crop another year,.