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By Andrea

Yorkshire, United Kingdom Gb

Broad Beans...growing for the first time on our newly acquired allotment. Any tips appreciated. We have planted Aquadulce Claudia from seed/and they are about 2 inches tall already. Do I need to cover them?

Thanks




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Up where you are I would but a cloche run over them

1 Dec, 2013

 

Up here, Moray, we don't even try to grow autumn planted beans.

1 Dec, 2013

 

Nope neither do we plant onion sets or garlic in autumn - waste of time.

1 Dec, 2013

 

Thanks, the onions and garlic are growing, so I will take advise and cover beans with a cloche. :-)

1 Dec, 2013

 

Sorry I disagree Snoop - where we live there is absolutely no sense in sowing board beans in autumn. They simply sit and rot in the ground. You need to live south of Hadrian's Wall I suspect to do so :-)

1 Dec, 2013

 

Oops sorry Snoop - misread!

2 Dec, 2013

 

And Yorkshire is south of Hadrians wall, but not so far south that early planting is worth trying. But the beans are already 2" high so worth trying to preserve them. Don't hold your breath though Andrea.

2 Dec, 2013

 

Thanks Steragram, will report back in Feb! Dead or alive???

2 Dec, 2013

 

Good luck Andrea...

2 Dec, 2013

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