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The packet said they didnt need staking. The packet said plant 3 beans to a station. I've staked them as they looked like they may benefit. They are climbing up the stakes. Whats all that about then?
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i grw them last year - grew them up canes, same as runners - think we ate them like runners too -
Yeh what's on your packet is bow locks. Grow exactly as for runners, pinch out the tops and just leave them alone until pods are brown and crispy in October-ish. Shell and store for winter stews, boston beans etc... YumAre y'oroight booy?Comment
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There are dwarf Borlottis, but there seems to be a lot of mixing them up with climbers, by the seed suppliers *sigh*
Don't understand why they can't get it right
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What's the crack with cooking them? I intended to just pick them and use them as I would a broad bean.Comment
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Are you eating them green or dried? If the former then yes, as broadies, if dried (they last all winter) then use as dried chick peas / red kidney beans etc and soak before boiling to kill the toxins.Originally posted by brownfingers View Post
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?Comment
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i usually freeze my broadies, is it ok to do the same with borlottis.Comment
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I have grown borlotties for the first time.After a shaky start they are producing well.Small new ones were great eaten like runners but after a rather tough picking I am now letting them mature and will eat them shelled,either young and green or dried when older.Hope I am not disappointed but any advice is welcome.
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Reply to Heated mat for Tom's and chilliesI use a mix of six scoops of compost three scoops of sand/grit and two scoops of perlite,the quantity is unimportant as long as the ratio is the same, if for seeds I use this mix, if I am potting on I add some blood, fish and bone, along with a small quantity of chicken manure pellets
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