Pick broad beans fresh from the garden and they taste sensational - young beans are sweet, tender and succulent. Broad beans.
Broad beans are large seeds, easy to handle and quick to germinate. Dwarf varieties can be grown in pots. When the flowers develop into beans the weight of these can easily snap the stems.
first time growing broad beans ..... can't remember the variety, but they grow to 4ft high they need to be planted 6" apart in a double row how should i support them? Some of the stems are nearly four feet tall. Supporting Broad Beans. I noticed this evening that the stems of the broad beans were beginning to flop. As we were expecting rain overnight, I thought it might be wise to rig up a simple support for each row. You can start Broad Beans from late February onwards. Fill suitable containers, such as small pots, root trainers or toilet roll holders with compost, damp it and press down gently to ensure there are no air pockets and then place a bean seed about 7 cm down the container, sprinkle with a little compost and cover. Or sow in late winter and early spring for summer harvests. the only info i've seen in my books for supporting them says to push a few canes in the ground and run string around the canes so should it be one cane per plant? Short on space? Sow them in the autumn and you’ll be able to pick them from May.
Support broad beans when they start to growNow that the broad beans have started to grow they need to be supported, as broad beans are not climbers you would have to support each plant if you used pea sticks or canes.