How right they were. Absolutely delicious.

Baz

On Fri, 28 Jun 2013 14:35:12 GMT, Baz wrote:

How right they were. Absolutely delicious.

Baz

Before the 'fur' develops tho'
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On 28/06/2013 16:12, Jim S wrote:
On Fri, 28 Jun 2013 14:35:12 GMT, Baz wrote:

How right they were. Absolutely delicious.

Baz

Before the 'fur' develops tho'

As I said before, pick them when they are finger size, and slice as you
would runner beans.
I know I've been eating them since the late 40's

In article ,
David Hill wrote:
On 28/06/2013 16:12, Jim S wrote:
On Fri, 28 Jun 2013 14:35:12 GMT, Baz wrote:

How right they were. Absolutely delicious.

Baz

Before the 'fur' develops tho'

As I said before, pick them when they are finger size, and slice as you
would runner beans.
I know I've been eating them since the late 40's

If you let runner beans get large enough to need slicing, you have
picked them too late :-)

We have tried broad beans like that, and feel that they are a waste
of pods. They are OK, but the young beans are better. But broad
bean tops come for free ....


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On 28/06/2013 23:24, wrote:
In article ,
David Hill wrote:
On 28/06/2013 16:12, Jim S wrote:
On Fri, 28 Jun 2013 14:35:12 GMT, Baz wrote:

How right they were. Absolutely delicious.

Baz

Before the 'fur' develops tho'

As I said before, pick them when they are finger size, and slice as you
would runner beans.
I know I've been eating them since the late 40's

If you let runner beans get large enough to need slicing, you have
picked them too late :-)

We have tried broad beans like that, and feel that they are a waste
of pods. They are OK, but the young beans are better. But broad
bean tops come for free ....


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

But if you don't actually like broad beans then picking the young pods
gives you a sliced green bean a few weeks before your runners or French
beans come into crop.

In article ,
David Hill wrote:

How right they were. Absolutely delicious.

Before the 'fur' develops tho'

As I said before, pick them when they are finger size, and slice as you
would runner beans.
I know I've been eating them since the late 40's

If you let runner beans get large enough to need slicing, you have
picked them too late :-)

We have tried broad beans like that, and feel that they are a waste
of pods. They are OK, but the young beans are better. But broad
bean tops come for free ....

But if you don't actually like broad beans then picking the young pods
gives you a sliced green bean a few weeks before your runners or French
beans come into crop.


True, but the condition is not fulfilled in this household!

My point about slicing stands.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Thanks! :-)

I'd been wondering whether to try the pods, but as Nick said, feel it's rather a waste.

Now your comment that they're an early approximation to a sliced green bean has clinched it. As someone who is happy to sit down to an evening meal of a giant plate of broad beans with some brown bread and butter, I shall definitely be waiting for the beans!

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In article ,
David Hill wrote:

How right they were. Absolutely delicious.

Before the 'fur' develops tho'

As I said before, pick them when they are finger size, and slice as
you would runner beans.
I know I've been eating them since the late 40's

If you let runner beans get large enough to need slicing, you have
picked them too late :-)

We have tried broad beans like that, and feel that they are a waste
of pods. They are OK, but the young beans are better. But broad
bean tops come for free ....

But if you don't actually like broad beans then picking the young pods
gives you a sliced green bean a few weeks before your runners or
French beans come into crop.


True, but the condition is not fulfilled in this household!

My point about slicing stands.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.


We all have different tastes don't we.
I like broad bean tops, the bean, and the pod now that I have tried it.
I wil be growing twice the amount next year. Even the root is useful, I
hear, to fix nitrogen into the soil for next years brassicas.
Broad beans are the only vegetable that I grow that don't get pests and
diseases. Other than blackfly of course if they are sown in spring. I sow
most of mine in autumn. I get the odd one or two with blackfly so I nip the
tops off instead of eating them. The rest are fine.

Baz

In article , Baz wrote:

Broad beans are the only vegetable that I grow that don't get pests and
diseases. Other than blackfly of course if they are sown in spring. I sow
most of mine in autumn. I get the odd one or two with blackfly so I nip the
tops off instead of eating them. The rest are fine.

Oh, yes, they do. I lost most of my crop one year to rust; there
are viruses that can affect them; and they fairly often get various
root and stem rots. Yes, those rarely do more than kill a few
plants and reduce the crop, but occasionally they can destroy one.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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In article , Baz
wrote:

Broad beans are the only vegetable that I grow that don't get pests
and diseases. Other than blackfly of course if they are sown in
spring. I sow most of mine in autumn. I get the odd one or two with
blackfly so I nip the tops off instead of eating them. The rest are
fine.

Oh, yes, they do. I lost most of my crop one year to rust; there
are viruses that can affect them; and they fairly often get various
root and stem rots. Yes, those rarely do more than kill a few
plants and reduce the crop, but occasionally they can destroy one.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.


Nick, I hope that I never have that rubbish you had. Touch wood.

Baz

On Sat, 29 Jun 2013 11:58:01 +0100 (BST), wrote:

In article , Baz wrote:

Broad beans are the only vegetable that I grow that don't get pests and
diseases. Other than blackfly of course if they are sown in spring. I sow
most of mine in autumn. I get the odd one or two with blackfly so I nip the
tops off instead of eating them. The rest are fine.

Oh, yes, they do. I lost most of my crop one year to rust; there
are viruses that can affect them; and they fairly often get various
root and stem rots. Yes, those rarely do more than kill a few
plants and reduce the crop, but occasionally they can destroy one.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Chocolate spot used to decimate mine in Devon.
--
Jim S
Tyneside UK
www.jimscott.co.uk
http://geordiecamii.wordpress.com
http://geordiecam.wordpress.com/

In article , Baz wrote:

Broad beans are the only vegetable that I grow that don't get pests
and diseases. Other than blackfly of course if they are sown in
spring. I sow most of mine in autumn. I get the odd one or two with
blackfly so I nip the tops off instead of eating them. The rest are
fine.

Oh, yes, they do. I lost most of my crop one year to rust; there
are viruses that can affect them; and they fairly often get various
root and stem rots. Yes, those rarely do more than kill a few
plants and reduce the crop, but occasionally they can destroy one.

Nick, I hope that I never have that rubbish you had. Touch wood.

I didn't say that I personally have lost crops to all of those!
In 35 years, I have had a 70% crop failure once (due to rust),
and have not (touch wood) had more than a 10% crop failure for
any other reason, since I starting pre-germinating the seeds.

My soil does have something that attacks germinating pea and bean
seeds very badly, though broad beans are the most resistant. But,
if I don't start off French and runner in pots, I rarely get MORE
than 5% survival. In paper pots (using garden soil) inside, I
get 95% survival except for modern filet green beans, which I have
given up on.

I don't bother with pots for broad beans and peas, because I need
too many of them.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Jim S wrote in
:

On Sat, 29 Jun 2013 11:58:01 +0100 (BST), wrote:

In article , Baz
wrote:

Broad beans are the only vegetable that I grow that don't get pests
and diseases. Other than blackfly of course if they are sown in
spring. I sow most of mine in autumn. I get the odd one or two with
blackfly so I nip the tops off instead of eating them. The rest are
fine.

Oh, yes, they do. I lost most of my crop one year to rust; there
are viruses that can affect them; and they fairly often get various
root and stem rots. Yes, those rarely do more than kill a few
plants and reduce the crop, but occasionally they can destroy one.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Chocolate spot used to decimate mine in Devon.

Used to? Have you found a solution then?

Baz

On Sat, 29 Jun 2013 12:59:20 GMT, Baz wrote:

Jim S wrote in
:

On Sat, 29 Jun 2013 11:58:01 +0100 (BST), wrote:

In article , Baz
wrote:

Broad beans are the only vegetable that I grow that don't get pests
and diseases. Other than blackfly of course if they are sown in
spring. I sow most of mine in autumn. I get the odd one or two with
blackfly so I nip the tops off instead of eating them. The rest are
fine.

Oh, yes, they do. I lost most of my crop one year to rust; there
are viruses that can affect them; and they fairly often get various
root and stem rots. Yes, those rarely do more than kill a few
plants and reduce the crop, but occasionally they can destroy one.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Chocolate spot used to decimate mine in Devon.

Used to? Have you found a solution then?

Baz

Yes - I moved :-)
See below
--
Jim S
Tyneside UK
www.jimscott.co.uk
http://geordiecamii.wordpress.com
http://geordiecam.wordpress.com/

Jim S wrote in news:7l8v810ov952
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On Sat, 29 Jun 2013 12:59:20 GMT, Baz wrote:

Jim S wrote in
:

On Sat, 29 Jun 2013 11:58:01 +0100 (BST), wrote:

In article , Baz
wrote:

Broad beans are the only vegetable that I grow that don't get pests
and diseases. Other than blackfly of course if they are sown in
spring. I sow most of mine in autumn. I get the odd one or two with
blackfly so I nip the tops off instead of eating them. The rest are
fine.

Oh, yes, they do. I lost most of my crop one year to rust; there
are viruses that can affect them; and they fairly often get various
root and stem rots. Yes, those rarely do more than kill a few
plants and reduce the crop, but occasionally they can destroy one.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Chocolate spot used to decimate mine in Devon.

Used to? Have you found a solution then?

Baz

Yes - I moved :-)
See below

Oh, I see :-)
See below

Wiseass.