Broad beans and Peas

[oldherbaceous]

Dear Mike, i certainly do agree with your comments, so i now start the February sowings off in three inch pots in the greenhouse.

[old codger]

Good evening Mike, I set four rows of broad beans last february and i was very pleased with the crop, they were John Bunyans Exhibition, i will be doing the same this year

[Mike Vogel]

Mine were Witkiem, OC, and all i got was an abundant cropof blackfly. I think my soil had too much clay in proportion to manure/compost. I may well try again, but not this coming spring.

[larrylove]

Hi newbie question,have started peas and broad beans in an unheated greenhouse,do they need to be hardened off before I plant them out?

[Geoff]

I normally plant out from cold greenhouse to cloche, partly because I am exposed and it lets them get started without wind. If they were going straight out I would harden then off but I suppose Southampton is rather milder than here.

[oldherbaceous]

Moning Larrylove, taking into consideration where you live, and that they are hardy varieties of pea and broad bean?, i would just check that there are no hard frosts predicted for the next few days, then they should be fine to plant.

[larrylove]

Thanks for the advice,it's been pretty mild last few days so think i'll take a chance.

[WestHamRon]

I had completely forgotten i had promised to keep you posted on my Broad Beans.
As expected the shoots with flowers were killed off by the 3 different snowfalls we had. However they all produced secondary shoots which look fairly vigourous.
The beans that weren't flowering back then now are.