Posted by AriesVal on May 1, 2010, 5:03 pm
Should I be pinching out the tops so the plants grow bushy instead of
straight up? I seem to remember doing that years ago but last year I didn't
and because of that they needed staking.
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Posted by Pam Moore on May 1, 2010, 5:18 pm
On Sat, 1 May 2010 22:03:22 +0100, AriesVal
>Should I be pinching out the tops so the plants grow bushy instead of
>straight up? I seem to remember doing that years ago but last year I didn't
>and because of that they needed staking.
I would only pinch them out if they get too tall or if the tips get
infested with blackfly. Let them flower and start to set pods.
Pam in Bristol
Posted by AriesVal on May 2, 2010, 3:02 am
On Sat, 01 May 2010 22:18:46 +0100, Pam Moore wrote:
> On Sat, 1 May 2010 22:03:22 +0100, AriesVal
>
>>Should I be pinching out the tops so the plants grow bushy instead of
>>straight up? I seem to remember doing that years ago but last year I didn't
>>and because of that they needed staking.
>
> I would only pinch them out if they get too tall or if the tips get
> infested with blackfly. Let them flower and start to set pods.
>
> Pam in Bristol
oh yes I remember now why I pinched the tops out years ago, thanks Pam
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Posted by Hugh Jampton on May 1, 2010, 6:31 pm
On Sat, 1 May 2010 22:03:22 +0100, AriesVal wrote:
> Should I be pinching out the tops so the plants grow bushy instead of
> straight up? I seem to remember doing that years ago but last year I didn't
> and because of that they needed staking.
Can't answer your question Val but ....
Although I've got a big garden I just grow Dwarf broad beans (The Sutton).
They don't need staking - grow to a couple of feet and give me a very good
crop each year - I love them :-)
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Posted by AriesVal on May 2, 2010, 3:03 am
On Sat, 1 May 2010 23:31:29 +0100, Hugh Jampton wrote:
> On Sat, 1 May 2010 22:03:22 +0100, AriesVal wrote:
>
>> Should I be pinching out the tops so the plants grow bushy instead of
>> straight up? I seem to remember doing that years ago but last year I didn't
>> and because of that they needed staking.
>
> Can't answer your question Val but ....
>
> Although I've got a big garden I just grow Dwarf broad beans (The Sutton).
> They don't need staking - grow to a couple of feet and give me a very good
> crop each year - I love them :-)
Thank for the 'tip' ;-)
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>straight up? I seem to remember doing that years ago but last year I didn't
>and because of that they needed staking.