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Re: Broad Beans (fava beans)

Jim wrote:
>we always plant our broad beans (fava to you N.A.s) in the
>Autumn (Fall), they germinate, grow to about 3" and then stop over
>winter, surviving the frosts and small, infrequent, and light (mostly)
>snowfalls we get, however I cannot find any references in Mel's book
>about spacing for them. Any sqft'r out there with some experience who
>could advise me ?

Hi Jim,
I've never planted favas in a square foot pattern in order to
harvest them to eat. I only filled up a square foot plot with
them to be a cover crop to add nitrogen back where I had grown
some corn and tomatoes. As a cover crop, I just let them grow
as thick as they would, seeding every 1-2 inches. If you want
to harvest a good crop of beans, you may want to space them
like bush beans, maybe 6-9 per square foot. Ours are real tall,
but don't take up much sideways room like a bush bean plant does.
Hope this helps,
Shawn
swestaway@smtplink.coh.org
Claremont, CA USDA9b Sunset19

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