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  • when to plant out broad beans?

    Evening all.

    I was wondering when the majority of you sow your broad beans?

    I.E do you sow in pots? And if so when?

    Or do you direct sow now or maybe March/April time?

    I have some in 3" pots that have just come up, but I am now wondering if that was the right thing to do? As the roots will fill these pots in a couple of weeks or so, and then what?

    Do I re pot? Or could I plant out?


  • #2
    There's no point re-potting broad beans CG. They are very hardy, they could go straight out if they've germinated in a cold greenhouse, you could maybe cloche or fleece them in case of a severe frost though. If they've been germinated indoors in the warm they might appreciate a few days of hardening off before they go in the ground.
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    • #3
      Mine are in pots in the GH....they will be hardened off before they go out. I find they grow a bit fast if you keep them undercover for long so once they formed a good set of roots - out they go.

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      • #4
        THey are currently in my very cool conservatory.

        So they are used to being cold already!

        Ok, so all should be ok to harden off in a couple of weeks and plant out right????

        THey will still be rather small though...

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        • #5
          I've been planting mine out when they have a few leaves and look sturdy. They're grown on in a cold GH until then

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          • #6
            I'll be sowing mine (The Sutton) straight into the ground but not for a while yet. Although the packet says from February, I just checked my records and last year I didn't sow until 13th April and they were very successful.
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            • #7
              I have one load of small plants in root trainers in the cold greenhouse which will get planted into the polytunnel in a couple of weeks time. My outdoor ones were sown today, in root trainers again.

              Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

              Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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              • #8
                I am just a little worried that they might become a tad root bound if I leave them in the 3" pots for too long...

                I am happy to plant them out mid march if they can stay in the posts until then????

                THey are currently 1" tall, and I can see a root at the bottom of the pots!!!!!

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                • #9
                  They should be fine CG, after all mid March is only 3 weeks away...............
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                  • #10
                    I wouldn't worry either, sounds absolutely fine

                    Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

                    Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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                    • #11
                      ok great, I will just leave them be, and as you say Bigmally mid March is not too far away...

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                      • #12
                        Be careful CG, they may have put another inch on by then...............
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by chilli_grower View Post
                          I am just a little worried that they might become a tad root bound if I leave them in the 3" pots for too long...
                          It wouldn't bother me unduly, but I would be tempted to feed them so they don't starve in limited compost. Dunno if they sort out their own Nitrogen living in a 3" pot?? so I would feed with something light on Nitrogen, if I had any! otherwise something general purpose (but as a liquid feed)
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                          • #14
                            I've just transplnted mine into a raised bed outside. They've been growing in pots in the greenhouse and are now a foot tall and producing their first flowers. IIRC, I sowed the in late november. I'll try to put some pics up tomorrow.
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                            • #15
                              A pic of mine planted late October...Think these need to go out today while it's quite mild
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