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Post by fliver on Sept 1, 2012 22:05:22 GMT -5
I am looking for favas I can plant in the fall that will survive our winters. They would need to be hardy to -10degrees F. Any ideas? Or if that won't work, favas that would thrive in 90 degree F heat of summer.
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Post by ilex on Sept 2, 2012 4:13:57 GMT -5
Spanish Flor de Otoño is usually planted in August with those temperatures. It will crop in October.
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Post by mnjrutherford on Sept 2, 2012 6:23:32 GMT -5
I'm getting ready to plant fava. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they will grow. I have to treat them before planting. I'm using them primarily to break up soil, add nitrogen, and fend of other weeds. Secondarily they will be used for food. Falafel... I want to plant more garbanzos as well. NOone has any idea what either of these two crops are around here.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2012 22:28:31 GMT -5
mnjrutherford, I know what you mean. Every time I mention "fava bean" around here they think I mean "fodder bean."  |
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Post by diane on Sept 3, 2012 0:03:13 GMT -5
Very few people here in British Columbia (Canada) would know what a 'fava' is, though many people grow them. They are called 'broad beans' here. Maybe your neighbours have a different name for them.
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Post by fliver on Sept 3, 2012 0:33:50 GMT -5
Ilex, thanks for the info. I did a search on Flor de Otoño and did not get any hits on anything relevant. I did get a lot of hits for sites written in Spanish. Too bad I don't speak Spanish. Would there be a different name for them?
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Post by richardw on Sept 3, 2012 0:35:22 GMT -5
Very few people here in British Columbia (Canada) would know what a 'fava' is, though many people grow them. They are called 'broad beans' here. Maybe your neighbours have a different name for them. Yes ,i had to turn to mr goggle to find out what fava was,dont know if Broad beans are hardy to -10degrees F are they?? |
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Post by raymondo on Sept 3, 2012 1:24:09 GMT -5
The variety I'm growing this season, Amarilla de Cholula, gets nipped by -5°C (23°F) so I doubt they'd be hardy to -23°C (-10°F). But that's just one variety. There may well be some that are much hardier than this one.
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Sept 3, 2012 1:33:30 GMT -5
Ilex, thanks for the info. I did a search on Flor de Otoño and did not get any hits on anything relevant. I did get a lot of hits for sites written in Spanish. Too bad I don't speak Spanish. Would there be a different name for them? "Flor de Otoño" can be translated as "Fall Flowering", so they'd be any variety that flowers and sets seed during the cooler weather and shorter days of autumn. For example: Luz de Otoño. |
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Post by mayz on Sept 3, 2012 6:47:55 GMT -5
They would need to be hardy to -10degrees F. Any ideas? Or if that won't work, favas that would thrive in 90 degree F heat of summer. hardy to -10°F !!Impossible to keep an actively growing annual plant at that temperature. It's too cold even with a thick snow-cover. Try to grow it in your three cooler months (during spring or autumn) |
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Post by ilex on Sept 4, 2012 2:59:30 GMT -5
"Flor de Otoño" can be translated as "Fall Flowering", so they'd be any variety that flowers and sets seed during the cooler weather and shorter days of autumn. For example: Luz de Otoño. Oh my  I meant Luz de Otoño. It's a comercial Spanish variety, so easy to find in Spain. I've also seen it in French catalogs. |
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Post by johninfla on Sept 4, 2012 10:54:16 GMT -5
Are there any warm season Favas?  John |
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Post by robertb on Sept 4, 2012 11:26:26 GMT -5
Dunno, but we've just had the wettest summer in a century, with light levels so low that other veg didn't grow for ages. Wizard was the only variety which really performed. It's a field bean sold by Real Seeds in the UK; I don't know about other sources.
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Post by 12540dumont on Sept 4, 2012 21:45:30 GMT -5
John, Have I sent you favas yet?
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Post by johninfla on Sept 5, 2012 7:25:49 GMT -5
Hi Holly, no favas..... I think you sent us everything else but no favas..... Patty knows them from Peru where they call them habas and eat them like roasted peanuts. I tried once but I think the heat got them. John |
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