[Cazzb]

What can I plant in the space left once my autumn planted broad beans are finished? I知 trying to plan ahead

[New shoot]

They should be out by the end of June, so you could sow chard, kale or oriental greens.  Turnips do better for me sown after midsummer and I have sown beetroot that late as well for a baby beet crop. 

Have you found this bit on the main site?  It is a helpful month by month guide.

https://www.allotment-garden.org/garden-advice-month/

[juvenal]

Leek plants, if you can get them..

[Yorkie]

You could also start off some dwarf beans in modules now, ready to plant out when the BB come out?

[Plot 1 Problems]

I always sow peas in the space left by the broad beans.

[lettice]

I've done many things over the years in my broad bean plots.
Will be in mid July, when they are finished for picking here.
Always put a later crop of Brussels Sprouts in, to add to the one doing nicely in the plot now. Have some started their growth nicely in the greenhouse now for planting out then. Especially as they are late, leaving them to be picking early next year or even just for those lovely Brussels Sprouts tops.
Plenty of your extra Chard plants or even a new sowing now does well.
Do also tend to use the area for quick succession salad crops like lettuce, radish

[Hampshire Hog]

Fennel is another option or purple sprouting broccoli for next spring.

[Grubbypaws]

This is a really useful thread!
Question:I was always taught that Broad beans double as a vegetable crop and a green manure crop by returning nitrogen back into the soil, through rhizobium bacteria nodules on their roots. 'To create this green manure, cut the stem/s to ground level after harvesting, and leave the roots in place.' If I am going to sew more seeds after the broad beans do I sew the new seeds between the cut down stems or do I not use this technique and dig up the roots and put them on the compost?

[Yorkie]

More recent research has, I believe, shown that the 'nitrogen' nodules are actually pretty depleted by the time the plant is ready to come out. So I'd pull the roots out before resowing.

[Growster...]

I'm relying on the beans finishing before I put the leeks in!

For the first time ever, they're approaching pencil size (as directed and advised - in fact INSTRUCTED by DD), instead of biro refill size which is usually the norm here!

I also want to wait until I've lifted a couple of rows of earlies for the same reason...

[Fisherman]

This year I will be planting Corn, Leeks, Kale and Cabbage after the Broad Beans have been harvested. Corn will be planted in the Autumn grown Broad Beans plot. Then the Leeks, Kale and Cabbage in the Spring grown Broad Bean plot.

[Grubbypaws]

My broad beans are in a 4 x 4 foot raised bed. I have some runner bean seeds, White Emergo, unused from last year. I was thinking of maybe constructing a wigwam of canes tied at the top for the beans to climb up. Would that work and how many seeds with canes should I sow?

[Subversive_plot]

This is a really useful thread!
Question:I was always taught that Broad beans double as a vegetable crop and a green manure crop by returning nitrogen back into the soil, through rhizobium bacteria nodules on their roots. 'To create this green manure, cut the stem/s to ground level after harvesting, and leave the roots in place.' If I am going to sew more seeds after the broad beans do I sew the new seeds between the cut down stems or do I not use this technique and dig up the roots and put them on the compost?

With any green plant there is a lot of nitrogen tied up in the plant tissue (not just the root nodules).  When it's time to dig them up, they should be a good addition to the compost pile.