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    Dwarf beans and Broad Beans questions

    Hi,
    I have two questions and hoping you could help me
    1. Dwarf beans - I planted 2 rows dwarf bean seeds on 20th June and can't see anything yet. The seeds were handed over to me and were few years old. Do u think the seeds have gone bad? Should I go and buy new seeds and plant again?

    2. Broadbeans - I am trying to grow these quite late as an experiment. I soaked them as I read on this forum and sowed them 3 days back in individual pots and these are in my open portable breen house. I haven't covered them in plastic or cling film. Is that ok or do they need to be indoors or covered up so they shoot soon?

    cheers
    Rekha
    cheers Reks
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  • #2
    Originally posted by Reks View Post
    Do u think the seeds have gone bad? Should I go and buy new seeds and plant again?
    Did you soak them when you sowed? It helps. They would be up by now.
    I chit mine in a glass of water before sowing. They sprout in a couple of days, then I sow them into a wet drill.
    Cover with dry soil, and bob's your auntie
    All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Reks View Post
      do they need to be indoors or covered up so they shoot soon?
      No, just leave them be. Moist, not waterlogged.
      All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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      • #4
        hi - i put out 5 only broad bean seeds in a very big pot about 4 weeks ago, didn't soak them before putting out and they're coming on a treat! I don't soak any beans either....maybe it depends on the variety....or just luck Reks?? Anyway, hope they appear soon and you get a good crop! This gardening lark is fickle for sure
        Last edited by deezyb; 06-07-2009, 03:34 PM.
        "A cat sees no good reason why it should obey another animal, even if it does stand on two legs."

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
          Did you soak them when you sowed? It helps. They would be up by now.
          I chit mine in a glass of water before sowing. They sprout in a couple of days, then I sow them into a wet drill.
          Cover with dry soil, and bob's your auntie
          No I did not chit them. I would have thought they should have shown up by now Thanks for sending me some chitted ones, Hopefully I will have some beans to eat this year.
          cheers Reks

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          • #6
            Yes, they should have come up by now, unless they dried out (it's been drought conditions over here, I don't know about Reading)
            All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
              Yes, they should have come up by now, unless they dried out (it's been drought conditions over here, I don't know about Reading)
              hmmm...It was similar here too...I tried to water them every 2 days, will give it a poke next time I am on the allotment to see whats going on.
              cheers Reks

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              • #8
                just a quick one ....when you plant french beans in small pots do you plant more than 1 seeds in 1 pot i.e 2 or 3 and let them grow on? Earlier this year I saw a fellow allotmenter transplant red kidney bean plant and there were 2 plants in the same small pot. Just wondered if this gave more produce.
                cheers Reks

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                • #9
                  No, it doesn't give more crop. If anything, it would give less, because the plants are competing for food, light & water.

                  If they are only being started in pots and then transplanted, it doesn't matter
                  All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
                    No, it doesn't give more crop. If anything, it would give less, because the plants are competing for food, light & water.

                    If they are only being started in pots and then transplanted, it doesn't matter
                    hi Two_Sheds - yes I was thinking of transplanting from the small pots.
                    cheers Reks

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                    • #11
                      Don't put the ones I'm sending you into pots ... get them straight in the ground
                      All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
                        Don't put the ones I'm sending you into pots ... get them straight in the ground
                        ok, urs will go straight in...I got some more seeds today and will plant those too as I had too much bad luck with beans this year.
                        cheers Reks

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