Thread: Empty bean bed
View Single Post
  #8   Report Post  
Old 26-07-2003, 11:02 PM
Pam Moore
 
Posts: n/a
Default Empty bean bed

On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 11:13 +0100 (BST), (Steve
Harris) wrote:

I know I shouldn't follow a bean with a
bean


I THINK I've heard that rotation doesn't matter so much with beans as
they fix their own nitrogen.
But if you cut off the broad bean stems and leave roots in the ground
you will have the benefit of the nitrogen nodules on the roots for
whatever you plant next.


Pam in Bristol