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  • october planting of broad beans

    Hi

    can anyone tell me do these need to be planted under cover
    or just as usual.

    cheers Terry

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    Terry!

    I sowed mine in a raised bed last year, fleeced the bed! Did fine for me!

    Sure some more experience "Broadie Growers" will point you in the right direction!
    "Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad"

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    • #3
      They are hardy, so no need for any protection at all.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by rustylady View Post
        They are hardy, so no need for any protection at all.
        Does that apply no matter how harsh the winter is? Even if we have some of those lovely -17deg temperatures?
        sigpicGardening in France rocks!

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        • #5
          Kathy, I think -17 might do for them. I was thinking hardy in UK.

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          • #6
            I just put em in the ground late October and leave them to it....
            I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives....


            ...utterly nutterly
            sigpic

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            • #7
              November here

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              • #8
                i sow mine in large cell trays (15 cells to a seed tray) - give them a month to put on some growth then plant out in freshly dug (weed free) soil - they get a good headstart over the weeds
                i don't cover mine - they're fine out in the open
                http://MeAndMyVeggies.blogspot.com

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                • #9
                  I think the way the weather is being of late (by that I mean recent years, not days/weeks) it's anyone's guess. Plant 'em and see what happens I say. Try both and see which fares best.
                  A simple dude trying to grow veg. http://haywayne.blogspot.com/

                  BLOG UPDATED! http://haywayne.blogspot.com/2012/01...ar-demand.html 30/01/2012

                  Practise makes us a little better, it doesn't make us perfect.


                  What would Vedder do?

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                  • #10
                    I heard the traditional sowing date was the 26th Dec. Presumably to avoid the washing up.

                    I'll be getting mine going end Oct - Early Nov, probably in paper pots to start and in the ground when their heads are up.

                    I'll be growing a mix of Super Aquadulce and Grano Violetto (both winter hardy).
                    While wearing your night clothes, plant cucumbers on the 1st May before the sun comes up, and they will not be attacked by bugs.

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                    • #11
                      Might do mine this weekend actually. Can't remember when I sowed them last year - must keep a diary this year!
                      Are y'oroight booy?

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by rustylady View Post
                        Kathy, I think -17 might do for them. I was thinking hardy in UK.
                        So was I RL, lol . I heard about ppl with -17deg in't chilly north of UK last year... We were lucky here, reasonably mild if very very long and grey. Expecting it much worse this year though, will keep the fleece on hand just in case I think .
                        sigpicGardening in France rocks!

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                        • #13
                          I'm going to overwinter some in the polytunnel this year - planted them in Jan last time but am going to see what happens with an earlier set. My main crop however will be from sowings in modules for outdoors next spring.

                          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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                          • #14
                            I got an allotment only a few weeks ago and bought some broad beans the other day to be my first 'crop'

                            I'll put them in the ground straight, but will sow a few in toilet rolls inners, in case some don't germinate.

                            Looking forward to my first green shoots from my allotment

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                            • #15
                              I have tried planting broad beans early and late but find mice love them and hardly any emerge. Apart from starting them off in trays any other tips?
                              Slowly takes it!

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