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growing broad beans for green manure

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  • 18-06-2015 10:51pm
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    MFdaveIreland
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    Ive planted beans for green manure and a break from other vegetables . When do you dig them.in so to speak. Ive attached pic of where they are at now thanks


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    zagmund
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    Possibly a silly question, but why not eat them? They are yummy. You can dig the stalks back in, but pick the beans themselves.

    z


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    lazybones32
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    Usually the Spring after sowing but you could leave them for a year more.


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    MFdaveIreland
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    zagmund wrote: »
    Possibly a silly question, but why not eat them? They are yummy. You can dig the stalks back in, but pick the beans themselves.

    z

    I assumed the protein (nitrogen) in the beans at 27% was where the nutrients were and not the stalks. Thanks. Planted in spring so i wasnt sure when to dig. I assume they dont growth back silly question i feel ??


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    TTTT
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    MFdaveIreland wrote: »
    I assumed the protein (nitrogen) in the beans at 27% was where the nutrients were and not the stalks. Thanks. Planted in spring so i wasnt sure when to dig. I assume they dont growth back silly question i feel ??

    In Legumes it's the roots that fix Nitrogen so the longer that you let them grow the better. So you can crop the beans and eat them all you want and it won't effect the amount of N that the roots produce.


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    MFdaveIreland
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    TTTT wrote: »
    In Legumes it's the roots that fix Nitrogen so the longer that you let them grow the better. So you can crop the beans and eat them all you want and it won't effect the amount of N that the roots produce.


    Yea i understand but i wud assume some of the N would be locked in the beans. Maybe im wrong? Il just let them grow on then ☺


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