Growing Field/ Broad/ Horse Beans ( Vicia Faba)

MFdaveIreland · 04-02-2015 11:25AM #1

Hi guys, Ive put this in small holding thread also, but any advice welcome
. Im planning on planting some potatoes this year in a country garden to clean the soil up prior to sowing in grass later in the year.

Im considering splitting it between spuds and beans ( Vicia Faba)

Anyone experience of growing beans at all, smallish scale 0.2 acre ish.

When to plant ( March? ) when to harvest, i would be interested in digging them in as green manure also , so would i have to overwinter them also? thanks

Nettleman · 04-02-2015 12:10PM

MFdaveIreland wrote: »

Hi guys, Ive put this in small holding thread also, but any advice welcome
. Im planning on planting some potatoes this year in a country garden to clean the soil up prior to sowing in grass later in the year.

Im considering splitting it between spuds and beans ( Vicia Faba)

Anyone experience of growing beans at all, smallish scale 0.2 acre ish.

When to plant ( March? ) when to harvest, i would be interested in digging them in as green manure also , so would i have to overwinter them also? thanks

Only thing I know about spuds is that the soil PH needs to be different to grass ph. Grass 6.2-6.3 and spuds I think is lower than this

MFdaveIreland · 04-02-2015 12:17PM

Thanks, yep, 5.5 is the ideal pH i think. Its the beans im not sure about

Dawggone · 04-02-2015 12:31PM

MFdaveIreland wrote: »

Thanks, yep, 5.5 is the ideal pH i think. Its the beans im not sure about

Beans need a ph of 6.6 to 7.

Growing Field/ Broad/ Horse Beans ( Vicia Faba)

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