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Broad beans
do best on well manured ground which holds moisture and
usually follows potatoes in the crop rotation. A
dressing of fertiliser (2oz per sq yard) is recommended
10 days before sowing. The seeds can be sown in February
in a sheltered place, elsewhere March to April. Sow in
double rows 6 to 9 inches apart in a shallow trench 3"
deep with 2 feet between each double row.
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Kitchen
Tips:
Pick broad
beans while young, black scars show that they are
getting old. For freezing wash well and blanch for 3
minutes. Once cool, drain and pack in polythene bags.
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Pests:
Bean
Seed Fly, Aphids, Bean Weevil.
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