When to plant broad bean in Mount Barker Summit
- Sow in the ground: early Mar to mid AugMount Barker Summit area, cool Mediterranean
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Mount Barker Summit. Microclimates vary: frost hollows and hills run later.
A hardy cool-season legume sown in autumn for big pods in spring, and a great soil improver. Plants grow tall, so stake or string them before wind knocks them over. Pinch out the growing tips once the lowest pods form to deter aphids and speed pod fill.