Thursday, 21 December 2017

Christmas 2017 in the Triangle : Broadbeans!

The year turns and the new  broadbean plants are up out of the soil.
I germinated these seeds in toilet rolls in October in an unheated greenhouse. When the tap roots started to show out of the open end, about three weeks later, I planted them out.
The plants are up and most have four leaves They'll sit and wait till the days lengthen in February when they'll start to grow again.


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