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Munched on the first pull off my broad beans yesterday. A mixture of Meteor and Bunyards. Still a bit small, but very tender and good flavour. Lots more to come.
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The first beans of the season always taste the best
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Hmmm....mine are still about 2" high and in pots ready to be planted out!!!!
( yeh- we're really, really behind this year)
How fantastic to be eating yours already- I bet they tasted delish!
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Yum, my mouth is watering just thinking about it. Well done - how early! My little beans are only half an inch long at this stage.Comment
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My bean plants are over 5 feet tall and full of beans. The flowers have all but gone and the majority are producing pods.Comment
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Mine have chocolate spot and are covered in black fly
But we have eaten a few (beans not black fly)
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Very good -- is that overwintered beans?
My spring sown outdoors crop haven't flowered yet. My early greenhouse crop has set, but I'm still a couple of weeks from a harvest.
I grow broadies through the summer, sowing successionally, and sowed my last rows at the weekend.Garden Grower
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I picked some beans last week - young pods about the size of a finger. Just chopped them up as I would runner beans and ate them, pods and all.Comment
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Jacob:
Yes, I plant beans in pots in the GH in autumn. By mid decenber, they are about 6 to 8" tall and get planted out into a raised bed.Comment
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Wow! They're fantastic. Are they really six foot tall?
My overwintering attempts have always failed, but I might try your pots in the greenhouse then plant out tactic. Probably I'd keep them in all winter to the start late Feb early March, then plant out.Garden Grower
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