Broad Beans

scentedstock · « **on:** January 25, 2008, 20:05 »

I sowed my broad beans in the open ground on December 11 and December 15 and today I noticed their shoots above ground.

Aidy · « **Reply #1 on:** January 25, 2008, 20:38 »

make sure you protect them from birds, wind and frosts.

Contadino · « **Reply #2 on:** January 25, 2008, 20:46 »

Does anyone earth up Broad Beans?

Everyone here does as they get to about 30cm high, but I can't find any mention of doing so in my books. I did it last year and got a good crop, and have earthed up this years lot today, but I don't understand what purpose it serves or why it helps (if it does.)

Aidy · « **Reply #3 on:** January 25, 2008, 20:56 »

Never tried it myself, mainly coz i grow suttons and they only grow about foot and half.

gobs · « **Reply #4 on:** January 25, 2008, 20:58 »

As far as I can gather it's an old way of keeping frosts of roots, commonly done cultivation practice of grapes in the planes of my country for long times past.

Not that much necessary in most parts nowadays with global warming.

DeadlyNightshade · « **Reply #5 on:** January 25, 2008, 22:16 »

I can't remember what kind of broadbean I've planted, but they are frost, wind and weather hardy: we had about 2 weeks altogether with night temperatures up to -5 degrees, it's always windy here and last week they were totally submerged in water.. and they're still growing :o (and fast as that, they are by now a good 20 cm and were only sown somewhen in December

)

My last ones (=first attempt) were totally destroyed by chocolate spot and blackfly (DIY diagnose

) We'll see what the winter ones do

Sally A · « **Reply #6 on:** January 25, 2008, 22:23 »

Is it to stabilise them and prevent wind damage?

All I can see it doing in my garden is give the slugs a leg up.

cawdor2001 · « **Reply #7 on:** January 25, 2008, 22:29 »

The guy with the plot next to me has runner beans at about 3" high outside, i thought you could not do that due to frosts but he said it is fine and you get early beans that miss the blackfly. Any experience with this?

Cawdor

gobs · « **Reply #8 on:** January 25, 2008, 22:31 »

iIhave broad beans 3 feet high, was not the intention, but more or lessworkable.

noshed · « **Reply #9 on:** January 25, 2008, 22:32 »

That is the theory...

gobs · « **Reply #10 on:** January 26, 2008, 10:32 »

It works in practice too. They amazingly hardy. Only got frost damage on them one year, but those days I was in a frost pocket, bottom of hill side and they also recovered. Crop wasn't huge mind that year.

ditchdigger · « **Reply #11 on:** January 27, 2008, 18:54 »

Quote from: "cawdor2001"

The guy with the plot next to me has runner beans at about 3" high outside,

Cawdor

He's a brave lad!

gobs · « **Reply #12 on:** January 27, 2008, 19:30 »

Quote from: "ditchdigger"

Quote from: "cawdor2001"
The guy with the plot next to me has runner beans at about 3" high outside,

Cawdor
He's a brave lad!

Humbugs!

cawdor2001 · « **Reply #13 on:** January 27, 2008, 20:21 »

Quote from: "gobs"

Quote from: "ditchdigger"
Quote from: "cawdor2001"
The guy with the plot next to me has runner beans at about 3" high outside,

Cawdor
He's a brave lad!

Humbugs!

I'll let you know how he gets on as i will be comparing them to mine, when i get em in, which will not be transplanted out until April

Cawdor

gobs · « **Reply #14 on:** January 27, 2008, 20:30 »

Mine are starting to crop that time most years, Cawdor and I'm not too far.

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Broad Beans

scentedstock

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