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We are new to veg growing and planning our first crops. I have no idea
about how many of each of our peas and beans to plan for. I want to grow
climbing French Hunter, Runner enorma, and broad beans, and early onward
and sugar snap peas. Can anyone help me with an idea of how much crop I
could reasonably expect from a single plant of each so that I can work out
how many I need.
Thank you,

How much crop you will get from a plant will depend mainly on the way
you treat it and partly on its variety, the soil it grows in etc.
How much crop you will need will depend on how many people are consuming
the produce, how much you wish to preserve and how much you want to give
away or exchange for other garden produce or plants etc.

That said, a rough guide would be: 2-3 broad beans per person for fresh
eating 3-5 if you freeze them; the same for sugar snap peas and for
climbing and runner beans which crop fresh for a longer season than
broad beans. Early or maincrop peas you cannot grow too many of,
especially if you are going to store some. Remember that several of the
crops will co-incide in mid to late summer, giving you a glut to deal
with at a time when folk are often on holiday.

Further questions are welcome on this subject and a good deal of general
information about peas and beans can be found in the urg FAQ called the
Veg.& Salad plant Index at:
http://www.fuchsiazone.co.uk/veg-index/vegindex.htm
and in the one on Garden Beans at:
http://www.nugget.demon.co.uk/MetaFAQ/beans.html
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Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs.