tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post114806869297162591..comments2024-03-17T19:32:26.043+00:00Comments on Daughter of the Soil: Everything you wanted to know about broad beans but were afraid to askRebsie Fairholmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17811733792196954188noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-90177229629988282632018-03-16T17:19:56.203+00:002018-03-16T17:19:56.203+00:00my broad bean plants have no flowers on the lower ...my broad bean plants have no flowers on the lower 18 inches of the plantwhy why whyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07304864216888285653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-36183818885798146062014-07-09T08:26:19.068+01:002014-07-09T08:26:19.068+01:00To pollenate your broad beans spray the lowers wit...To pollenate your broad beans spray the lowers with a high pressure garden hose and this will activate the trigger that causes the pollenation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-8335867351609579312014-04-26T14:20:05.437+01:002014-04-26T14:20:05.437+01:00Winter before last my broad beans were eaten by bi...Winter before last my broad beans were eaten by birds, so this winter I covered them with the netting I use to (unsuccessfully, as they fold their wings and squeeze through the 1cm holes) attempt to keep butterflies off my kale. I can't see any pods under the falling flowers - is this because the bees haven't been able to get to them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-81705790996517763562013-09-12T05:38:05.589+01:002013-09-12T05:38:05.589+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951388572761078108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-4002742893216103992013-09-12T05:37:38.581+01:002013-09-12T05:37:38.581+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951388572761078108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-78131068165558364772013-09-12T05:34:42.128+01:002013-09-12T05:34:42.128+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951388572761078108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-73452047090614064242013-09-12T05:31:56.789+01:002013-09-12T05:31:56.789+01:00Hello, This is the second year in a row that my br...Hello, This is the second year in a row that my broad bean crops have had a hard time producing beans. Last year i was told about and then observed for myself two kinds of bumble bees on my broad beans. Long tongued and short tongued. The short tongued came first and chewed a hole in the flower because it could not reach the nectar with its short tongue.After this any other bumble bee or honey bee would go for the hole chewed at the base of the flower and not into the flower. The result was that as spring set in the broad bean plants became larger and larger producing flowers after flowers until finally nearly each plant made a few beans. This year it has started the same but i am going to try my hand at pollinating them, and maybe put a little honey water around for more activity.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951388572761078108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-3376601901282720712013-07-11T02:11:00.903+01:002013-07-11T02:11:00.903+01:00I am in Perth Australia (where June/July is midwin...I am in Perth Australia (where June/July is midwinter) and just read a factsheet from our local Dept Ag about growing broad beans. They say to sow in blocks April to June, that sowing early results in taller plants, and sowing late results in shorter weaker plants, neither of which set as well as ones sown at the right time. I also read that Broad Beans will start to flower at all sorts of times, but they dont' start to make beans with those flowers till the temperature and conditions are right. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-18689689904615834902013-01-16T16:20:02.538+00:002013-01-16T16:20:02.538+00:00Hello I agree with you about red-flowered broad be...Hello I agree with you about red-flowered broad beans. I grew them here in the College Garden at Westminster Abbey - where the monks used to grow their vegetables. They were probably the most attractive flowers in the whole garden that year and smelled delicious too.Brother Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12986810330135792543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-10253893827045985062012-08-11T04:01:09.366+01:002012-08-11T04:01:09.366+01:00mine aren't flowering either. large plants but...mine aren't flowering either. large plants but totally green. they look healthy but i'm afraid all this time and there won't be any beans.Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02625385940860458911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-2001226669383385592012-06-26T03:19:23.094+01:002012-06-26T03:19:23.094+01:00Hi all. Can someone please tell me why my Broad Be...Hi all. Can someone please tell me why my Broad Beans are not flowering. Healthy plants 800mm tall but no flowers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-77871155047966782802011-09-23T13:58:24.803+01:002011-09-23T13:58:24.803+01:00Hi
I live in the subtropic,Australia and have foun...Hi<br />I live in the subtropic,Australia and have found that you have to plant Broad beans late summer or very early autumn so that it's still cold when they set flowers,and then a good dose of potash, which helps to produce beans .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-71051681410096090702011-07-25T19:21:30.263+01:002011-07-25T19:21:30.263+01:00I'm interested to see this. I have been breed...I'm interested to see this. I have been breeding broad beans for over 15 years now, crossing the crimson-flowered one with 'Red Epicure' which has red seeds (even when they're young) & a purple seeded variety from Estonia (the seeds of this only develop the purple colour once they're no longer worth eating). I'm keenly trying to distribute my strain of beans, which I call 'Casasa Midwinter', 'Midwinter' after the allotment site in Cheltenham where I grow them. Please let me know if you'd like some to grow ~ good crop this year. I'm majallison2000£yahoo.com where the £ is replaced by @Malcolm Allisonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-9429893777346341482009-07-10T23:47:33.474+01:002009-07-10T23:47:33.474+01:00Thanks for the tip on pollinating broad beans. It&...Thanks for the tip on pollinating broad beans. It's mid-winter here in New Zealand and they have been flowering for a while but the fruit doesn't seem to be setting - I think maybe not enough bees around this time of year, so I will see if I can unleash some of the springloaded nymphomaniacs you mention :) Thanks, JimUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13373413608616581684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-90092183729959113532009-06-07T20:05:58.576+01:002009-06-07T20:05:58.576+01:00from Chris Green,
I have been observing the bumble...from Chris Green,<br />I have been observing the bumble bees on my broad beans this season and almost all of them are drilling through the base of the flower instead of going in through the front. Consequently, there is a heavy fall of flowers and few beans setting. Never seen this before but it seems common. Can it be stopped. I am really disappointed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-55491466646781226432009-05-26T17:52:51.137+01:002009-05-26T17:52:51.137+01:00The flowers on my broad bean plants are also just ...The flowers on my broad bean plants are also just dying off. Did you find an answer anywhere?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-90679044723810427412009-05-18T06:49:00.000+01:002009-05-18T06:49:00.000+01:00I am growing broad beans in Budapest, Hungary (for...I am growing broad beans in Budapest, Hungary (for the first time). They have produced lots and lots of flowers, but unfortunately 90% of the flowers are just wilting and falling off. Only very few pods are appearing. Any suggestions would be gratefully received! Many thanks, James AtkinsJames Atkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14006611694406002101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-80320340303712202312009-04-05T17:53:00.000+01:002009-04-05T17:53:00.000+01:00Just wondering if you made any progress with hand ...Just wondering if you made any progress with hand pollinating broad beans, I would like to try it too but it is all very small inside for emasculating. All my Crimson Flowered beans are the dark colour.Madeline McKeeverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134381548508413567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-73989413214140190522008-06-29T20:15:00.000+01:002008-06-29T20:15:00.000+01:00Hi interesting blog.I have some broad beans which ...Hi interesting blog.<BR/><BR/>I have some broad beans which flowered and have nice healthy looking pods on them, but even after a few weeks the beans inside are tiny 1-3mm, apart from a very very few. Now the beans are going dark in colour but not growing. :(<BR/><BR/>Any ideas?Andy Teddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11716950164312177743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-22547309578341981212008-06-03T17:44:00.000+01:002008-06-03T17:44:00.000+01:00Hello Shay, you should be fine just leaving them t...Hello Shay, you should be fine just leaving them to do their own thing. The beans are produced from the flowers, so don't pick them off! Just let the flowers bloom and fade and the little tiny pods will form in their place (a few may fall off, but that's normal).<BR/><BR/>I've never used sugar water, but presumably it is just sugar and water. I wouldn't worry about it though. Just keep looking after the plants the way you have been doing and they should provide you with a nice crop.Rebsie Fairholmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17811733792196954188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-12180760355416389162008-05-31T14:07:00.000+01:002008-05-31T14:07:00.000+01:00Help please! It's my first time growing broadbeans...Help please! It's my first time growing broadbeans (or any veg for that matter) and my plants are now flowering (white flowers) - what happens next? Do I pick the flowers off? Do I just leave it to do it's thing? It's in a big pot on the terrace as I have no garden. Any advice would be grand. Also, what is sugar water? Just water and sugar?<BR/><BR/>Thanks <BR/>ShayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-91622492076964105682008-05-26T14:16:00.000+01:002008-05-26T14:16:00.000+01:00hi. my partner has believed for years that bees h...hi. my partner has believed for years that bees have to polinate broad beans to get any crop. passed from generations down the line.he has always sprayed with sugar water to encourage the bees to pollinate. always plentiful crop of at least 5 acres of land +.we read that the bee wasnt needed in how to dry your own seed.he still argued the fact that its not essencial for the bee to work to have some crop. now after finding your site and comfirming the crop would be greater if pollinated than not pollinated you have comfirmed the doults he had..many thanks helen. <BR/>ps you have a great site.and for all broadbean growers sugar water when the beans in flower gives you beans like bunches of kngsize bananas,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com