Posted by Plum on June 28, 2009, 10:44 am
In order to get the best out of the broad beans nitrogen fixing for the
soil, when they are finished, do I : a) pull up and chuck, b) cut down
and leave roots in soil; or c) leave whole plant even when throroughly
dead and unsightly? Anyone know? Ta for replies.
Posted by Derek Turner on June 28, 2009, 10:56 am
On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:44:40 +0100, Plum wrote:
> In order to get the best out of the broad beans nitrogen fixing for the
> soil, when they are finished, do I : a) pull up and chuck, b) cut
> down and leave roots in soil; or c) leave whole plant even when
> throroughly dead and unsightly? Anyone know? Ta for replies.
b they may even grow back and give you a second (lighter) crop
Posted by nmm1 on June 28, 2009, 12:37 pm
>In order to get the best out of the broad beans nitrogen fixing for the
>soil, when they are finished, do I : a) pull up and chuck, b) cut down
>and leave roots in soil; or c) leave whole plant even when throroughly
>dead and unsightly? Anyone know? Ta for replies.
Yes. If you mean "put on the compost heap" by "chuck". Heaven
alone knows what the properties of each are, but they all work;
the last is probably the least effective, but I don't know.
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
Posted by NogbadtheCool on June 29, 2009, 9:52 am
On Jun 28, 5:37 pm, n...@cam.ac.uk wrote:
> >In order to get the best out of the broad beans nitrogen fixing for the
> >soil, when they are finished, do I : a) pull up and chuck, b) cut down
> >and leave roots in soil; or c) leave whole plant even when throroughly
> >dead and unsightly? Anyone know? Ta for replies.
> Yes. If you mean "put on the compost heap" by "chuck". Heaven
> alone knows what the properties of each are, but they all work;
> the last is probably the least effective, but I don't know.
> Regards,
> Nick Maclaren.
lost me, was that yes to a) or b) or c) ?
Posted by nmm1 on June 29, 2009, 9:58 am
>>
>> >In order to get the best out of the broad beans nitrogen fixing for the
>> >soil, when they are finished, do I : a) pull up and chuck, b) =
> cut down
>> >and leave roots in soil; or c) leave whole plant even when throrou=
>ghly
>> >dead and unsightly? Anyone know? Ta for replies.
>>
>> Yes. If you mean "put on the compost heap" by "chuck". Heaven
>> alone knows what the properties of each are, but they all work;
>> the last is probably the least effective, but I don't know.
>lost me, was that yes to a) or b) or c) ?
Yes :-)
All of them, depending. The last probably least, as I said, but
the others will depend on what you mean by 'best'.
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
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> soil, when they are finished, do I : a) pull up and chuck, b) cut
> down and leave roots in soil; or c) leave whole plant even when
> throroughly dead and unsightly? Anyone know? Ta for replies.