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Old May 7, 2016   #76
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Looking good, real good,mine are only about 10 inches high, but they are growing steadily.
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Old May 8, 2016   #77
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Andrey, what beautiful beans!
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Old May 8, 2016   #78
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Whoops! I just woke up and realized that the Broad Beans should have been planted already. It's a bit chilly/windy here today, but I could plant them tomorrow.

Do you guys soak them overnight?

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Old May 8, 2016   #79
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I do, in a shallow pan. I also have started them inside early to plant out and get a jump on the season if the weather is really cold.
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Old May 9, 2016   #80
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I like to plant favas in pots about 3 weeks before the winter snowcover typically melts. Then I plant them out a few days after the snow melts. That way they can be flowering before hot weather arrives. Cause around here, once it gets hot, the favas flower, but don't set seeds.
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I would love to trade something for some Crimson fava beans if anybody is willing.
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Old May 9, 2016   #82
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Thanks folks. I soaked them and will get them planted today.

I was reading about those pretty Crimson Fava's which apparently flower all summer long! They sound beautiful and amazing!

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Old May 9, 2016   #83
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BTW, my seeds came from the Canadian Seed Swap and are labelled "Broad Bean of Gravia". Unfortunately, I can find no information about them online.

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Gravia carries with it the meaning of heavy or serious... So in this context I would take it to mean something like: "Wow those are some serious beans!", "Yup, they are really heavy!!!" And in Latin languages (like French, which is spoken in Quebec), the adjective often follows the noun, so in other words, they are "great big Broad Beans", and not smaller kinds of favas like "horse beans", or "pigeon beans".


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Hi Joseph,

Many thanks for the comment about the "serious" beans. Hoping to find out exactly how good they are this summer!

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My fava beans have started flowering.

Crimson flowered fava.
Wow those are so beautiful ! I got so overwhelmed with aphids I have not grown them for a few years. Maybe I'll try a fall crop.
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Wow those are so beautiful ! I got so overwhelmed with aphids I have not grown them for a few years. Maybe I'll try a fall crop.
The first time I grew favas, I planted them in June, 3 months too late, and there were more aphids and tending ants than there were plants!!! Thanks for the fond memories.

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Nadia, you are a page back but I hope you see this..You said you had a problem cooking them, could you explain to me what you do and maybe I can figure out what is going wrong

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The first time I grew favas, I planted them in June, 3 months too late, and they were more aphids and tending ants than they were plants!!! Thanks for the fond memories.
haha, I believe it. Aphids love my yard and always go for the things I love the most.

My beans are about 3 years old, are they still good? I've heard favas are short lived seeds.
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I have sown 4 year olds this year with great germination, home saved seed.

I generally only grow one variety per year so sometimes I get a bit anxious as they are getting on.

I have one that I have grown for many years, I don't even know it's name ,the bean is huge, it actually seems to have got bigger over time and I suspect that it has crossed at some point a long time ago, but it is a few years since I grew it. I think I should sow a few in a corner somewhere..just in case

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