ALTHOUGH we’ve passed the usual sowing dates for peas and French or dwarf beans, it’s still worth putting some in right now – for many good reasons. First, we seem to be having longer, milder autumns than we had in the past. Traditionally, we’ve not gone for late sowings as too often the weather would turn too cold too early in autumn. But now there’s a good chance of later batches having time to ripen, and even to dry on the plants for seed.
Sowing now, the weather is warmer than earlier, and so is the soil, thus germination and growth are more likely. This suits those varieties from warmer climes, particularly soya (edamame) beans. As well as our weather changing, most modern peas and beans have been bred to be less prone to mildews that would often ruin late (and even summer) batches.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة June 24, 2023 من Amateur Gardening.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة June 24, 2023 من Amateur Gardening.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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