Broad Bean Sowing
The final sowing of broad beans have emerged into good strong plants.
- 2 varieties of broad bean were sown: Bunyards Exhibition & Masterpiece Green Long Pod
- Depth of sowing: 5cm
- Distance apart within row: 30cm
- Distance between rows: 45cm
This vegetable garden has very fertile soil, and the beans grow vigorously, and larger than the seedsmen predict. Therefore, we plant them further apart than recommended. Also we do not plant in the traditional double rows, for the same reason. But because our beds are quite narrow, and because we do not have double rows, our rows are actually closer together than the seed packet advises.
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