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    Are Broad beans perennial?

    I have some BBs in a pot that are sending up new flowering shoots so I'm hoping for a second crop. Thought I'd move them into the GH when the weather gets colder but leave some other BBs in the ground as a comparison and see whether they survive.
    Has anyone tried growing them as a perennial? I know runner beans can be dug up and grown again the following year - does this apply to all beans?
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    I have had broad beans sprout from last years roots left in the ground this has also happened with runners that have regrown in permanant bed

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      Thanks Paul - that's what I thought and hoped would happen. I'm going to leave all the beans in situ and see what happens. I don't need the space for replanting over winter.

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      • #4
        I cut some of mine down to the ground the other week and accidentally left some root in. They've also sprouted. Might be tempted to cut the rest to the ground in a few weeks and leave em go.
        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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        • #5
          Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
          Thanks Paul - that's what I thought and hoped would happen. I'm going to leave all the beans in situ and see what happens. I don't need the space for replanting over winter.
          Bob Flowerdew on GQT suggested digging them up and storing them like geranium roots over winter before planting again. I think he said you could get about three years work from them. If you are in a mild area, then they obviously stand a chance of overwintering in the soil.
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          • #6
            Guess what? Not only did the BBeans in the ground crop last year but, they're flowering again now!!
            I'm amazed as I re-jigged the rocks in the rockery but the beans have found a way through! Clever beans - now 3 years old

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            • #7
              Was it a good crop last year, and did you have any fresh plants to compare with?
              it may be a struggle to reach the top, but once your over the hill your problems start.

              Member of the Nutters Club but I think I am just there to make up the numbers

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              • #8
                There were only a couple of plants in the rockery - but they cropped sooner than the new ones that were in amongst the trees. Can't really compare them as the conditions were so different - and not good spots for either!

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                • #9
                  Perennial Broad Beans - Part II




                  Some of the BBs have had a nasty attack of rust although the beans themselves were fine. Today, I pulled them up and found new shoots at the base of some stems - then I remembered this thread

                  My plan is to replant all the roots and see if I can get either a late crop this year or/and an extra early crop next year.

                  If you don't try, you'll never know
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                    UPDATE
                    The replanted roots didn't grow - but I didn't take care of them. Maybe, if I'd planted them in pots to overwinter.
                    I'll try again this year http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ml#post1549013

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                    • #11
                      I've had Scarlet emperor over winter in the GH in pots so I'm planning doing the same with two Aquadulce plants I cut down last month they've both got new shoots.
                      Location....East Midlands.

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                      • #12
                        Runner beans are perennials but not frost hardy - some people in the old days used to grow them a bit like dahlias.


                        Broad beans will usually grow a second time if the roots are left in after the tops are cut down, I've not tried growing them a third time though.

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                        • #13
                          I have Firestorm RBs in the poly that are cropping for the 3rd year. I'm sure that lots of growing potential is lost because gardeners are too keen to rip out plants when they stop cropping. Being a lazy gardener, lots of plants start growing again before I have time to "tidy" up.

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