[pauly58]

hi all dwarf or longpod broadbeans which are the best to grow and im thinking of starting some off in pots end of feb to plant out . the site is sheltured and sunny ish. whats best time to set them off

thanks in advance

[Madame Cholet]

I have some wizzard beand which can be autumn sown or started inside mid Feb my first year so no reports yet

[compostqueen]

The seed packets will reveal all 

[Tom Hill]

I have grown veg. for 60 years and I find French or Dwarf Beans the hardest of them all. Whatever variety I grow it never seems to behave the same way the following year.  Is that because it is more sensitive to conditions than most other veg.?
I do find that the yellow varieties are easiest to produce an acceptable crop.

[snowdrops]

I usually start mine in May,they can't be planted out until after the last frost.

[DD.]

Whilst I'm not qualified to answer the question as I don't grow them, may I point out that the OP is asking about broad beans, not the sort mentioned in later posts! 

[shoozie]

I've tried 4 varieties- green Longpod, Aquadulce, Express (new to me last year) and the Sutton.

Started in modules in an unheated greenhouse in mid March with the exception of Aquadulce which is sown mid February. 

Of the 4, Aquadulce and Sutton are probably our most prolific croppers, giving an early- mid summer through to late summer, early autumn crop. 

I'd like to try a red flower variety sometime.

[snowdrops]

Whilst I'm not qualified to answer the question as I don't grow them, may I point out that the OP is asking about broad beans, not the sort mentioned in later posts! 

Oh in that case I follow what it says on the seed packet for whatever variety I have. I would have thought starting them indoors in Feb would be fine as long as you harden off well & take the weather conditions in to consideration at the time of planting out.

[carlrmj]

  I grew imperial green long pod  and bunyards exhibition last year ,started of at beginning of
  march.
  I planted straight into the ground at start of march, unfortunately most of IGL. didn't
  germinate  .
   The bunyards  produced a really good crop ,  I am  sowing again this year.

[Abbeyview]

My family love broad beans and cannot get enough to freeze so to try to
keep them supplied I grow "the Sutton" on allotment as the stand well
in the wind being short height and "Aquadulce" in BYG which is more
shaded from wind, both have served me well over the years after being
sown in late October early November.

[Christine]

Depends on your soil in many cases. I grow aquadulce in a sunny but sheltered spot on my clay soil plot for early crops but find that either the Sutton or Bunyard will do well.

Quite a useful reference page here.]Quite a useful reference page here. Useful site this one if you do a quick search.   Nah, it's just that I often go for a ferret round the site when I can't be bothered to get out the books and look up the answers.