Broad beans

[evie b]

Planted some broad beans in November. Had a look at them today they are but dead!
Last year in spite of the snow they survived.Feel gutted.
Evie.

[Snadger]

Planted some broad beans in November. Had a look at them today they are but dead!
Last year in spite of the snow they survived.Feel gutted.
Evie.

Mine don't look up to much either. Easily solved though by a spring sown crop!

[Two_Sheds]

Mine are short (4") but they'll pick up soon.

(except for one plant that sowed itself in the summer: it's more than a foot tall, bushy, and about to flower)

[evie b]

Yes your right I will have to plant some more in the spring.

[j r hilton]

I stopped sowing them late in the year because of losses. I now wait till about now and sow them in paper pots in an unheated green house and plant out when about 4" high and there is no root disturbance as the whole lot is planted. They are ready for picking only about a couple of weeks later than over wintered ones and no dissappoitments.

[cptncrackoff]

I sowed some little beauties around 5 weeks ago, possibly 6 i cant remember now, they are sutton, very very dark green short healthy looking plants so far so good!

[Scarlet]

I stopped sowing them late in the year because of losses. I now wait till about now and sow them in paper pots in an unheated green house and plant out when about 4" high and there is no root disturbance as the whole lot is planted. They are ready for picking only about a couple of weeks later than over wintered ones and no dissappoitments.

Thats what I usually do but the mice have had the lot! I'm not a happy bunny!

[lottie dolly]

sow'n mine today,ready chitted,into trays of compost,i to get mice bother and when they been chitted,last year i kept them covered with debri netting,the only way in was to chew,but they were just fine,this year i have some large plastic clotch tops,i get 4 seed trays under 1,so hoping this will deter the little monkey's,will only remove them when the green shoots are a few ins high,

[The Large One]

I planted 4 packs in the allotment Aqua on Nov 5th as my neighbour said it was best time and not 1 sprouted
Sown some Bunyards last week in seed trays

[horticultural_hobbit]

Ones at home are tall but munched on. Look horribly shabby. One's on the lotment are four five inches high.

[Dynamo]

I have all my seeds ready to plant but still have a bit of work to do to get my lottie up to scratch for the growing months. I won't even try to get anything growing for at least another month or two, even in my greenhouse.

I think we all need to be able to sit on our hands a wee bit. My string beans failed miserably last year early doors and I put it down simply to trying to get them to grow too early in the year. I understand the excitement of wanting to get the garden going, but patience is paramount here. the time will soon be here when we can sow to our hearts content.

[veggiechicken]

My autumn sown broad beans are non-existent. Not a single sign of life out there. Will start a few indoors soon and then plant some more outdoors when the time is right.

[Scarlet]

My autumn sown broad beans are non-existent. Not a single sign of life out there. Will start a few indoors soon and then plant some more outdoors when the time is right.

Bl@@@y Mice!!! I'm overun with them this year!!

[veggiechicken]

Bl@@@y Mice!!! I'm overun with them this year!!

I don't think I can blame the mice - I didn't even have a single shoot. In fact, if I hadn't labelled the rows I would swear that I hadn't sown any seeds at all! Sorry about your mice problems.

[Ananke]

Thats what I usually do but the mice have had the lot! I'm not a happy bunny!

Mice got mine too. I've never grown them, or tasted them for that matter so I wasn't very happy either. I'll do some in pots soon.