[ldavison10]

Hi,
My broad beans are very spindly, they really do look messy in a garden im now trying to get into order. It looks like they have a huge growth spurt, then slowed so now they look like grass snakes across my favourite bit of plot. Can I dig these up, relocate them to tubs with cane supports or will the removal kill them off?
To be honest im tempted to remove them and use the ground for something we like more than broadbeans. I only grew them originally as an experiment to see if they'd grow mid winter.
Anyone got any thoughts? Ive got plenty of tubs, and little border space this year.

Thanks
Lee

[gobs]

Leave them alone, it's quite common with over-wintered ones that they will have a quick spurt of growth in mild weather and then nothing in colder spells and then the winds get at them, they'll still do fine.

Build a support for them, that keeps the foliage within limits, a few stakes on the corners, some in between, if long rows, and some strings pulled between those.

[woodburner]

I love broad beans especially fresh ones!!   But, if you really don't like them there's not a lot of point growing them except as green manure.

[Bombers]

Leave them alone, it's quite common with over-wintered ones that they will have a quick spurt of growth in mild weather and then nothing in colder spells and then the winds get at them, they'll still do fine.

Mine have got 'blackened' stems, is this down to wind damage do you think?
I have rigged up a temporary wind break, to give them some protection.
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[gobs]

Leave them alone, it's quite common with over-wintered ones that they will have a quick spurt of growth in mild weather and then nothing in colder spells and then the winds get at them, they'll still do fine.

Mine have got 'blackened' stems, is this down to wind damage do you think?
I have rigged up a temporary wind break, to give them some protection.
 cvka
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I'm doubtful, but frost can cause blackening of foliage, but I'm more inclined they have some fungal infection, any piccies?

You can always cut the stems off, whichever is the reason, they won't survive, in latter case spread disease, new shoots should emerge from base.
Give them a sea weed wash and a potash feed.

[Bombers]

Here's the problem gobs.
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The only thing is.... they look pretty healthy? I put it down to stress from high winds?

What do you think?  :roll:

[Sir Growalot]

They look fairly healthy to me is it on all the stems or just a few.

[Bombers]

Just a couple... otherwise all seems pretty healthy? :roll:

[Sir Growalot]

I would let them grow on young broad beans are lovely in stews and steamed as side veg. If not dig them in as a green manure.  keep us updated.

[gobs]

Here's the problem gobs.
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The only thing is.... they look pretty healthy? I put it down to stress from high winds?

What do you think?  :roll:

I don't think it's cold damage, note the black spots on the leaves and the black base, they commonly pull through a spring infection though. Cut out and bin affected shoots and bin, give some TLC as above, they should crop OK.

Plant some other family in place and dig well over, once harvested, there is some weevil damage on them, too.