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Broad Beans

Friday, April 18, 2014 4:02

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My Broad Beans have moved on to the next stage of their lives. They had got too tall to fit under the cloches.

The catch-crop of Radishes is beginning to swell now, and I expect to be picking the first ones within a few days.

Broad Bean plants never seem very robust (though I suppose they must be), so I always give them some support. This is my method: I put a stout stake at the end of each row and tie two lengths of soft string to them.

I then arrange the beans so that one string goes each side of the stalk, like this:

As the beans grow taller, I put in more rows of string – usually about 3 or 4 pairs.

The final part of the procedure at this point is to put in some aluminium rods topped with balls from the “Build-a-Ball” kit, and drape a net over the whole thing.

The net will protect the bed from the foxes / badgers, deterring them from nosing about in the moist soil in their search for worms.

Looking closely at the plants, I see that flowers are already forming:

This means that we’ll be eating Broad Beans in about a month’s time.

Source: http://marksvegplot.blogspot.com/2014/04/broad-beans.html

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