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| Broad beans. Variety: Medes | |
| Scientific Classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Angiosperms |
| Class: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Fabeae |
| Genus: | Vicia |
| Species: | Vicia faba |
| Plant Data | |
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| Germination time: | 13 days |
| Time to transplanting: | +19 days |
| Time to harvesting: | +37 days |
| Mature height: | 150cm (5ft) |
| Mature spread: | 25cm (10in) |
| Sow depth: | 5cm (2in) |
| Growing plant spacing: | 20cm (8in) |
| Growing row spacing: | 60cm (2ft) |
| References: | [1][2] |
The Broad bean, Fava Bean, Field Bean, Bell Bean or Tic Bean is a species of bean (Fabaceae) native to north Africa and southwest Asia, and extensively cultivated elsewhere.
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Growing[]
Location[]
Choose a rich, free-draining, reasonably sunny site which is not too acidic. Ensure Fabaceae were not grown there last year.[2]
Soil[]
Dig 2-3 months prior to sowing. Add compost or well-rotted manure if the ground was not enriched for the previous crop. Apply a general fertiliser 1 week before sowing.
Sowing[]
Sow in drills 5cm (2in) deep with 20cm (8in) between two rows and 60cm (2ft) between these pairings. Sow a few extra seeds at the ends of rows to fill in for any that fail to germinate.[2]
Aftercare[]
Weed regularly from sowing until the seedlings are well established. Watering should not be necessary until pods have set, and then only during dry weather.
Support will probably be necessary for tall varieties; in which case put a strong stake at each end and in between the double rows (the rows 20cm (8in) apart) and run string between them at 30cm (12in) spacing up the posts.
Pinch off 7.5cm (3in) of the growing tips once the first pods start to form. This will promote an earlier harvest and help to control blackfly.[2]
Harvesting[]
Pick pods when they reach 5-8cm (2-3in) long, leaving them longer will result in tough beans.[2]
Troubles[]
- Full troubles list: Bean troubles
References[]
- ↑ Broad Bean. myfolia. Retrieved: 2010-08-01.
- ↑ a b c d e Hessayon, D.G. (2009). The Vegetable & Herb Expert. Transworld Publishers, London. p. 14. ISBN 9780903505468
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