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how do you tell if broad beans are ready?
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30-06-2005, 11:26 PM
Steve Harris
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(Rod) wrote:
Soon they'll start to droop below the horizontal and they'll be
ready,
Often quoted but I find this a very unreliable method. They will droop
when the beans are heavy enough and the point where they join the plant
is weak enough. Unless something gets in the way of the droop.
I find it better to wait until the pods feel hard when squeezed and go a
little shiny.
Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com
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