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13 Jun 11, Tracey (Australia - temperate climate)

Hi Paula, Broad beans are insect pollinated but pollinators such as bees are not very active during cold weather. Blossom drop is not unusual if temperatures are too cool or if the flowers are not getting pollinated. That's why it's a good idea to try to time planting so the broad beans are flowering just as the spring weather warms and the bees are appearing in numbers. In my area Sept to early Oct, your area may be different - observation and note taking will be helpful for next year's crop. You should eventually get beans on this year's sowing, but for next season you might want to time planting for a bit later and use the space for a fast maturing catch crop before the broad beans go in.

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04 Jun 11, Jan (Australia - temperate climate)

I have planted broadbeans this year and some of my seeds have come up and some not, could it be the seed or something else I am doing? Are the seed already planted likely to come up? I looked where I had planted and found the seeds however they don't look like sprouting. Please help

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25 Mar 11, (United Kingdom - warm/temperate climate)

Could be they have rotted. Maybe the soil was to cold & wet !

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12 Mar 11, jim (Australia - temperate climate)

i planted broad bean seeds and snopea seed in seed raising mix and they have totally dissapeared any ideas please

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04 Apr 11, Caren (Australia - temperate climate)

Hi Jim - they could have been taken by ants and stored for a later date - that is what happened to most of my seeds for the last 4 months. Now as most of the ants are dead I have got seeds popping up all over the place.

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25 Mar 11, Brad (Australia - temperate climate)

Just an idear Jim, but did you water only once after sowing? I've read that you must only water once to provent rotting, maybe your bean seeds just decomposed into the potting mix?

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05 Mar 11, liz newell (Australia - temperate climate)

can I use dried broadbeans from supermarket to plant? I dont have seeds from last year. Do I have to buy lots of packets from a nursery for a mass planting for my school garden? Thanks

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27 Mar 11, (Australia - temperate climate)

HI LIZ, SAVE YOUR MONEY BUY BULK DRIED BROAD BEANS FROM THE MARKET IF YOU HAVE ONE. SOAK FOR 24 HOURS, THEN PLANT OUT, DO NOT OVERWATER JUST KEEP SOIL MOIST. I BOUGHT 2 KG OF BEANS FROM ADELAIDE MARKET 2 YEARS AGO FOR $3 AND AM STILL PLANTING THEM

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14 Mar 11, kennykolal (Australia - temperate climate)

hi yes to supermarket beans,i bought mine from italian deli $2.00 for agood sized bag,fava beans are good also but grow to 2mts high,

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08 Mar 11, leeroy (Australia - temperate climate)

you can it will work out cheaper but you dont know what variety your growing.

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