How to Sow Broad Beans

Gardens and gardening have been a thread running through the…

Watch our Kitchen Garden Specialist show you how to sow broad beans and get them off to a head start in the greenhouse.

Step-by-Step Instructions:

Tamp it down slightly to remove air pockets and to keep your seeds snug

Put a few seeds in each pot (3 or 4 should be good) or space a few centimetres apart in a tray

Add more compost over the top to fill the pots or tray

Tamp down again

Check if the compost is still damp every few days and water if not

You’ll have seedlings to plant out in just a few weeks

Laura Jones

Gardens and gardening have been a thread running through the very centre my life; from a childhood spent learning from the wealth of my mother's gardening knowledge to more recent years spent developing my own little plot. Having spent more than 20 years in the publishing and events industries, I found myself lucky enough to bring my inherent love for horticultural and my media expertise together, through my work here at The Oxfordshire Gardener (which comes with the added benefit of being able to continue to add to my storehouse of garden knowledge through the regular quizzing of our expert designers, brilliant horticulturalists and masterly landscaping team!).