Those beans are super etiolated which is a major problem in itself. Any more context for what’ going on here?
Mundane-Yesterday880 on
Frost?
RookyRed on
Am I missing something here? It’s obviously dying. Planting season is well over and winter is coming. Far too late to grow broad beans.
robot_worgen on
So my understanding is that you can autumn plant some varieties of broad beans for an early spring crop, but I don’t think you should have stems that big right now? Maybe little seedlings since it’s been so warm but that looks too big to withstand the incoming winter weather. What variety did you plant and when?
trailoftears123 on
Too tall,too soft,too cold,too late!
kunino_sagiri on
Those stems are way too long and soft. They are not getting nearly enough light, and are too warm.
My guess is you are growing those indoors. That’s not how autumn sown broadbeans are meant to be grown. You are meant to sow them direct, or (in colder areas) in pots in an unheated greenhouse. They are meant to grow to a few inches high in the autumn, then sit over winter not doing anything, then grow again in the spring.
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Those beans are super etiolated which is a major problem in itself. Any more context for what’ going on here?
Frost?
Am I missing something here? It’s obviously dying. Planting season is well over and winter is coming. Far too late to grow broad beans.
So my understanding is that you can autumn plant some varieties of broad beans for an early spring crop, but I don’t think you should have stems that big right now? Maybe little seedlings since it’s been so warm but that looks too big to withstand the incoming winter weather. What variety did you plant and when?
Too tall,too soft,too cold,too late!
Those stems are way too long and soft. They are not getting nearly enough light, and are too warm.
My guess is you are growing those indoors. That’s not how autumn sown broadbeans are meant to be grown. You are meant to sow them direct, or (in colder areas) in pots in an unheated greenhouse. They are meant to grow to a few inches high in the autumn, then sit over winter not doing anything, then grow again in the spring.