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    Focus on… Broad beans

    May 18, 2021 5 minutes

    WITH autumn-sown varieties ready now, and certain seed varieties started off this week managing to crop come September, the humble broad bean (aka fava bean) has more growing potential than you might think. Here’s how to make sure you are getting the most from your selections.

    Know your beans

    If you’re like me, you’ll be eyeing up a bed of autumn-sown ‘Aquadulce Claudia’. But there is still time to sow and plant broad beans if you get the right variety. There are four main types: Seville (autumn-sown types); longpod (such as ‘Exhibition Longpod’, with seven or so seeds per pod); Windsors (such as ‘Green Windsor’, the standard spring-sowing types); and fan-podded (such as ‘The Sutton’, with multiple pods per cluster on compact plants).

    “Enjoy beans from June to October”

    Seed colour varies. Green-seeded varieties like ‘Imperial Green Longpod’ are claimed by some (not me) to

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