When to plant broad beans Ideally, the best time to sow broad bean seeds depends on climate but it's usually advised to wait until the milder spring months, from January onwards.

Skip ahead, then, to step 3 if you're planting your broad beans in the springtime. 1. Start them off in pots. It's best to plant your broad bean seeds individually into small pots or seed trays ...

You can sow direct from March, but I find the pleasure of starting something off when it’s still winter makes spring feel nearer and the better success rate of those started undercover makes it feel ...

Once six weeks have passed, you can plant out. How to harvest broad beans. Timing is everything when it comes to harvesting your beans. If you want to eat your broad beans in their pods then you ...

Sowing broad beans under cover can give more reliable germination especially if you have trouble with frozen soil or pests like mice. Sow one per 7cm (3in) pot filled with multi-purpose compost.

Sow up to a dozen seeds each time, depending on how much you like to eat broad beans. You can start planting them out into your vegetable plot once they are about three or four inches high (8 ...

You can start to plant vegetables in July for a winter harvest. Palphramand suggests sowing kale and cabbage, choosing ...

Broad beans are just about the perfect organic vegetable. They are productive, tasty and cheap.

How we test broad beans. We sowed our broad bean seeds in modules in the greenhouse in March and planted out our seedlings in early May. We harvested beans weekly during July and August, weighing and ...

Try ‘Longpod Aquadulce’, a sturdy 1m-tall heirloom variety that bears long pods with large, flat, pale seeds inside. • Broad beans need full sun, shelter from the wind, and prefer heavier, fertile ...

Broad beans are also a good plant to grow if you’re a beginner, and if you have children or grandchildren, they will also enjoy watching the plants as they mature, along with harvesting the crop.