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This video explains how to plant broad beans correctly and the simple steps that help them establish well. I cover soil preparation, spacing, sowing depth, and early care that supports healthy growth. It is helpful for gardeners wanting reliable crops and a clearer understanding of successful vegetable planting methods.
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Let's plant our autumn broad beans.
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Welcome to Gardening with Ben. And in
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today's video, we're going to be
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planting our autumn broad beans. Now,
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the variety that you're meant to grow
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through the autumn winter period are
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aquadullus.
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I can never say names right, so if I say
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that wrong, forgive me. But these are
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the variety that you need. You need a
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winter hard variety. Ones that can
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survive the cold, the snow, the frost,
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everything like that. The thing is with
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growing broad beans at this time of
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year, they're ready to harvest a lot
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earlier than the ones you grow from
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March time into summer and they'll be
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ready to harvest before the blackfly
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appear. As you know, broad beans,
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blackfly absolutely love them and swarm
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all over them. So, if you hate the
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blackfly, this is the perfect time to be
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planting them. We're now in October at
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the moment, so we're going to be getting
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these in the ground. We've got the
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ground ready and we're going to be
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planting these straight into the ground.
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Some people like to grow them in modules
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first, get them nice and big, and then
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plant them out because the only issue
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around this time of year is that there's
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not much food around for the squirrels,
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the rodents, the birds. So, they'll tend
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to destroy them if they're not
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protected. So, we're going to net them
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over as well to stop anything trying to
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pinch them. Fingers crossed it works.
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Probably still get in and get them, but
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we'll give it a try and see how well we
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get on. Well, we have about 50 seeds in
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a packet. We've got two packets. So,
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we're going to be planting 100 today.
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Absolutely loads. That should keep me
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going for a while. If they all grow,
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that is. If they don't all get
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destroyed. So, we're going to use a
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cane. We're going to use a dber. And
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we're going to plant these into the
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ground. They don't require a lot of
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spacing in between them. They uh should
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be all right um to grow. And yeah, we'll
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see how well they get on. If they're too
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cramped together, we can always pinch
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them out and just let the stronger ones
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grow
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and see how well they get on. So, let's
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get these in the ground and let's get
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these started to grow. So, this is where
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I'm going to be growing them in the
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ground. It's pretty weed-free. Uh we
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weeded it the other day. We've got us
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frames up for when they start to get
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tall, but we've not got any netting up
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at the moment. We don't need the netting
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up on the frames. We'll just use the
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netting to cover over the bed to stop
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anything from getting pinched. So, we
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need to get a cane so that we get them
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planted in a straight line and get the
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dber to get the holes to put them in.
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So, we've put the holes in. We've got 25
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in uh this row, which we probably got
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too many packets. Well, probably one
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packet have been enough. But yeah, let's
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get them in. And if we've got a spare
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packet, we'll do another bed another
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week.
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So, we've got all those in that row. We
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just need to cover them over now with
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the soil. And yeah, then do the other
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row, the other side.
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So, we've now got the other row in. So,
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we just need to cover them ones over as
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well. And once we've covered them over,
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we'll give them a bit of water. And then
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we'll put some netting over them to
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protect them from the birds, the rats,
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the squirrels, anything that just love
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to eat all the shoots and beans that are
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growing.
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So, that is all done. They're all netted
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over now to protect them from anything
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coming on and trying to eat them.
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Obviously mice can still probably try
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and get in underneath the netting, but
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we hopefully
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stop a bit before getting in. But yeah,
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we'll leave that on until they get
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growing quite big before we remove the
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netting. And we'll put up the netting
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for them to climb up once they're big
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enough and support them like that. So,
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I'm excited to get growing these as I
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don't grow much throughout the winter
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period. I only grow my onions and my
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garlic and the broad beans throughout
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the autumn winter period. I don't grow
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absolutely loads. Maybe that'll change.
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Maybe I might start growing stuff in the
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poly tunnel throughout the winter, but
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we'll see. This year, we're just
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concentrating on the onions, the broad
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beans, and the garlic for this year. So,
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make sure you do check out all my other
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videos of what I've been posting and
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what we're growing throughout the autumn
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winter period. Give us a follow to stay
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up to date with how well things are
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growing and how things are getting on
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throughout this winter period. Until
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next time everyone, remember, keep
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smiling, keep shining, and keep
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gardening with your bed, everyone.
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