Growing broad beans »Delicious broad beans from your own garden

Prepare the bed

Broad beans are poor eaters and need only a few nutrients. Incorporating compost or fertilizer into the soil therefore only makes sense if the bed is very depleted. Even then, a little compost is enough. So just loosen the soil a little before planting or sowing.

Sow broad beans directly into the bed or prefer?

If you want to harvest broad beans earlier, you can bring them forward at home from the end of January. This means that you can not only harvest earlier, but also make sure that only strong plants come into the bed. However, bringing it forward means a lot of extra work. Instructions can be found here.

From the end of February, broad beans can be sown directly in the bed. To do this, draw rows with a distance of about 40 to 60cm. The beans should be sown about 10cm apart. You can also sow more densely and prick out later. Broad beans are sown about 8 cm deep into the ground, covered with soil and watered well.

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Give the broad beans a hold

Sometimes hobby gardeners report that the tender stalks of broad beans break off. To prevent this, you can stretch a rope on which the young bean plants can lean. If you preferred the broad beans, make sure when planting out that you put the plants deep enough into the soil and pile them up a little.

Maintain broad beans

Broad beans are relatively undemanding when it comes to their care. You don't need climbing aids or fertilizer. However, they should be watered regularly because they like it moist. A layer Mulch(€ 239.00 at Amazon *) protects them from drying out.

The broad bean as fertilizer

After harvesting, cut off the plants above the ground and leave the roots in the ground. The nitrogen at the root ends serves as a nutrient for future generations of plants. You can also leave the plant remains as mulch on the bed over winter.