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    Broad beans nowhere to be seen

    After visting my plot yesterday, I've come to realise all my autumn sown broad beans have not made it. About a month ago there were still going strong, well at least 6" high, so it seems odd that they have all disappeared now. I'll make a point of searching next time I'm down there, but things are either there or there not, so not holding out much hope.

    Last year I lost lots, but I'm thinking Ive lost the lot this year. Anyone else lost much/the lot?
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    i gave on overwintering after last year as they all went black and mushy ... having said that this years are rather slow to appear as well.
    Gill

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    • #3
      Dottie

      They've either rotted away or been eaten - there's nothing to search for!

      Buy another packet and empty the seed beans onto a damp cloth, fold over and put in a plastic bag for a few days in a warm place. Keep checking and once they've grown a little root plant into 4" pots....keep frost free and by April they'll be ready to plant out.

      They're my favourite veg but try as i may to stagger a crop, they're always ready at the same time.

      richard

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      • #4
        I must have sown mine at exactly the right time - they've survived the long hard frosts and are now 5" high, stocky and strong looking

        I've not known anything to attack them, although sparrows have destroyed my overwintered peas this week
        All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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        • #5
          After last year when they got eaten by the meeces I now start mine off at home then plant them out once they've got going good and proper.........
          S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
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          • #6
            I have a dozen growing away nicely in 4 inch pots in the greenhouse and I'll put them out when the ground gets a bit warmer. Also have 2 large tubs with them in but they are only just poking their heads up.

            Not doing overwintered ones ever again. Waste of time up here.
            Last edited by solway cropper; 07-03-2011, 09:52 PM. Reason: missed a bit

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            • #7
              My overwintering ones got pushed to the surface (freeze/thaw action) and then rotted under a layer of snow. Resowed in early Feb and after a furtle today can report that they've germinated and are about to show themselves. Sowing in autumn/early winter has now been pointless for two of the last three years for me.
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              • #8
                Sowed mine in 5" root trainer at the end of Jan. Had them on the dinning room window sill for 2 weeks, until they started to show, then moved to cold greenhouse. Been outside now for about 2 weeks and looking ok, 2" - 2.5".

                First time growing broad beans as I'm not a fan, but OH says she likes them.
                Sometimes you just have to scratch that itch and get dirt under your finger nails.

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                • #9
                  I lost my overwintered ones. Have had to sow some more under cover. Mind you, I'm not getting 100% germination on those.

                  My broad beans were rubbish last year, so hoping for a good crop this time around.
                  Real Men Sow - a cheery allotment blog.

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                  • #10
                    I went on a special trip to the lottie to check out the broad bean beds, as I said they were 5" high about a month ago, so they had survived the snow. I managed to find 2 little stumps of what used to be broad beans, looks like something has already eaten them. If I decide to sow them again this autumn, then I'll have to net them up. Plot next to mine has them netted and they still have them, so it d'birds.

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