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  • #1

    broad beans! pinch out?

    woot!
    what a difference a day makes
    yesterday it seemed that flowers were just falling off
    today all the dead flowers are revealing tiny little pods!
    so what now, when should a broad bean plant be pinched out? my winner so far has about eight pods on it
    also should i start to feed? if so what?
    'Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too? ' Douglas Adams

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  • #2
    I was told to pinch them out as soon as the first pod had formed and to steam the tips for a tasty veg.

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    • #3
      The main rteason for pinching out tips is because blackfly find them iresistable!
      I normally wait unntil I see any blackfly then pinch out. If no blackfly appear I don't bother!
      My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
      to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

      Diversify & prosper


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      • #4
        Same as Snadger - last year didn't need to at all so this year will probably be an infestation year!

        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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        • #5
          thanks everyone!
          do they need a feed?
          'Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too? ' Douglas Adams

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          • #6
            Originally posted by jimbojetset View Post
            thanks everyone!
            do they need a feed?
            They fixate nitrogen on their roots so I wouldn't bother feeding them!

            'Grow em ard' is my motto!
            My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
            to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

            Diversify & prosper


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            • #7
              Im growing some crimson flowered this year - I have a 6 foot obilisk but they are about 15-20 inches high and starting to flower. Will they need this iobilisk or should i remove it?

              I thought they'd grow really tall - maybe these are dwarf ones??
              Serene she stand amid the flowers,
              And only count lifes sunny hours,
              For her dull days do not exist,
              Evermore the optimist

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              • #8
                oh yeah! rhizobium and what not, they must be sorted for N, but what about the P the K and the micronutrients
                will just water 'em unless anyone says otherwise!
                cheers snadge!
                'Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too? ' Douglas Adams

                http://weirdimals.wordpress.com/

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                • #9
                  I would remove your obilisk victoria as I have never had my broadies reach reach 6ft. If they have started to flower I would not envisage them getting much higher than the current 15/20 inches. They may need staking but it depends on what formation you are growing them in.

                  Ian

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                  • #10
                    great cheers for the advise!
                    Serene she stand amid the flowers,
                    And only count lifes sunny hours,
                    For her dull days do not exist,
                    Evermore the optimist

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