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Planting Broad Beans

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  Posted by stcross (U14781379) on Wednesday, 9th February 2011

  Hello, I'm planting broad beans (in a propogator) for the first time and am not sure which way up I should plant the end with the 'split' in it or whether it matters. Any advice please.

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  Posted by Playingtimeaddedon (U14150224) on Wednesday, 9th February 2011

  For a start, I don't know why you would want to start them off in a propagator.
  
  I sowed Aquadulce outside in October, they survived the snow and frost and are now 6-8 inches tall. They are quite hardy.
  
  If you are growing a variety that suggests you sow February/March, then do as the packet suggests.
  
  One problem with sowing direct in the soil is that, if there are mice about, they have been known to dig down and eat the seed. To combat this, you can get an ice cream tub and put two or three layers of kitchen towel in it, then dampen the towel. Put your beans in there until they produce shoots, and then sow them - any way up!
  
  You can use the same method with Runner Beans as well. That way you know that the beans have germinated.
  
  Don't worry about which way up to sow them - they know which way is up!
  
  Good luck.
  
  

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  Posted by Kleftiwallah (U13700999) on Thursday, 10th February 2011

  Last year I planted 100 broad bean seeds in plastic coffee cups, 20 of each in every position you can imagine just to trial this very subject and it didn't make a hap'orth of difference! So just bung' em in. Cheers, Tony

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  Posted by Stressed out (U11163734) on Thursday, 10th February 2011

  Only thing I would do is make sure you soak the seed to rehydrate the seed prior to planting.
  Second thing is put them in a decent sized pot so you can transplant them straight out without any disturbance
  Forget the propagator they are as tough as old boots

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  Posted by bookertoo (U3655866) on Monday, 14th February 2011

  Btroad beans can geminate in 3 days, and as others have said do not need a propagator, keep that for difficult things. However, I shall not be sowing mine for quite a while yet. We grew them in trough type pots last year and had a brilliant crop - will do it again this year. Why pots? Well, we ran out of garden basically ..................
  
  They don't mind which way up, the shoot will find the light and the roots will find the grub no matter what you do.

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  Posted by arati (U14426424) on Thursday, 17th February 2011

  Hi all,
  
  i am also planning to put in my first lot of broad beans but just wondering approximately how many seeds to sow to feed a family of four ?

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