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 ...

Favas such as the Sweet Lorane variety need 100 days to mature. Raw, the beans have a complex flavor that is sweet but earthy. Some people make them more palatable by removing their outer covering.

Seed packets will tell you if a variety needs even warmer temperatures to sprout. ... Examples are peas, fava beans, chard, squash, cucumbers, corn, and okra. Cold treating.

Treat your seeds with a legume inoculant specifically formulated for fava beans. Sow them now for a late-fall harvest, or in late summer to November for early-spring picking. Plant seeds 1 to 2 ...

Growing broad beans Planting. The seeds should germinate in 7-10 days and indoor sowings will be ready to plant out a month after sowing. Be sure to harden them off beforehand. Work a balanced ...

Broad beans are often grown from seeds in autumn to secure an early harvest at the start of summer, though this versatile vegetable will do just as well in the garden when sown in winter. Raising ...

“Seed-catalogue villains have convinced us that we have to buy seeds every year,” says Ellen Ecker Ogden, kitchen garden designer and author of “The New Heirloom Garden: Designs, Recipes ...

MR. HEBER SMITH'S observations on the relation of the micropyle to the radicle in the seed of Vicia faba (NATURE, February 4, p. 400) are quite correct. It is surprising that the structure and ...