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Re: Fava beans? WASRe: Catalogs are here

Hi Havi

I have Fava Beans (called Field beans here) as a green manure in a 4ft x
24ft bed. I sowed them in late September early October. With our very mild
(so far) autumn/winter this year they are now over a foot tall. They should
be dug in before flowering and certainly a good three weeks before planting
the next crop. Because the roots and foliage are very bulky the soil won't
be much good for direct seed sowing, but planting out well developed
seedlings from pots should be fine.

Any crop that needs lots of Nitrogen will appreciate your efforts. :)

Regards and happy new year
Stephen

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Stephen Griffiths
Barfield Allotment Association
Whetstone, London. England.
stephen.griffiths@dial.pipex.com.
 http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/close/xpz05/
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> From: Havi Hoffman <havi@dnai.com>
> To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: Fava beans? WASRe: Catalogs are here
> Date: 30 December 1997 17:28
> 
> 
> >from early May to late Sept so you'll need a cover crop after the
> >tomatoes are up.  Two words: fava beans.  
> >
> >There, Duncan, is that enough to get a round of conversation started? 
> >(It feels funny, me telling *you* what to do in the garden.)
> >
> >Hi Steve/ Hi Everybody--
> 
> My garden these days is small like Duncan's so I'm enjoying this thread. 
I
> have an eight foot x 18" box, 24" deep that I've grown tomatoes in the
last
> two summers (in addition to two + raised beds with a mix of flowers and
> veggies.  This year I hope to plant melons or trellised winter squash so
as
> to rotate the tomatoes.  This winter, as an experiment I planted favas as
> green manure--they are up but not growing much right now--when do I turn
> them in --if I want to plant the next crop in May  or so?
> 
> Thanks,
> Havi
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