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  • Broad Beans - Too tall already!!

    Can anyone advise me , my broad beans I planted at the end of October are over a foot high and bending in the wind. Any advice would be gratefully received or should I just leave them in and see if they survive the rest of the winter? Thanks.

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    Mine did similar and I lost some because I was too lazy to stake them. They just need some 2-3' canes pushing in next too them and tying to them, all will then be happiness and light in the bean bed.

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    • #3
      Stake them dear Dilly

      If the wind hasn't flattenned them by now I would stake them. Put post at each end of the row and run a length of string the length of the row on both sides. If they are a tall variety they would need staking at some time before they crop, if they are a shorter variety it will not hurt them to suport them in some way.
      Digger-07

      "If you think you can, or think you can't, you're right" Henry Ford.

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      • #4
        Mine have grown like mad aswell, I have tied them to a bamboo stick and they seem fine - they did turn a little black due to the frost.
        http://warmanallotment.blogspot.com/

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        • #5
          Thanks for the advise, I have just logged back on after a while and it was nice to get some replies to my first thread. I have staked them and they seem to be holding up!

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