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Old 07-06-2013, 04:46 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Nearly yummy time

"Bob Hobden" wrote in
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"Pete C" wrote
First picking of peas and broadbeens by next weekend.
(sown last oct under cloche)


Lucky you, my Early Onward peas sat there so long in their guttering
just not growing they haven't even flowered yet. Don't do Broad Beans
any more, certainly couldn't get on the ground to plant them in
Jan/Feb.


Bob, please try and sow some peas and broad beans in October and/or
November in the soil outdoors, or as Pete C has done. If only to disprove
what I advise.

I use Hurst Greenshaft pea and Bunyards Exhibition broad bean. NEVER fail.

I also use The Sutton, which seem to like to be sown in spring and fail
sometimes if sown in autumn. But they produce very quickly.

In fact on the allotment, a well experienced gardener has sown his last row
of broad beans on Wednesday this week. It is touch and go whether they
produce, but there is every chance for them producing, depending on the
weather in late summer.

I always soak mine in water overnight before sowing.

Hope this helps, Bob.
Baz