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Old 15-03-2008, 03:54 PM
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Never seen it on a packet of seeds, but what way up should your broads and runners go?

Also any other seed orientation worth noting?

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Old 15-03-2008, 04:22 PM
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On it's edge, convex edge uppermost, but if you get them upside down, they grow anyway, natures like that. When I was a kid I was told if I planted them upside down they would try to grow to Australia, Hmmm?
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hahaha! that helps, just was worrying I'd screw them up.
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I tend to put them in long ways on if you know what I mean - if you hold the bean so it's tall rather than wide, and plunge it in that way up. However, when I sow direct, I just bung em in and they land on their sides. The soon find down for root and up for shoot so I shouldn't worry.
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On an edge works well for beans, also seeds like marrows and courgettes. Helps stop them rotting I believe. However, most seeds, corms and bulbs will find their own way to grow in spite of our efforts, thank goodness.
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