too many problems with my seed germination

[klloyd]

Hi all,
I have sowed white broad beans in 2nd week of March. Now, barely 1.5 ft tall all these plants are flowering. This isn't the first time it happened to me. Last 2 yrs french beans have been the same even when I sowed them a bit late. Are my broad beans going to grow up or not? Anyone has the same problem. Does it help if I nip all the flowers off?

Also I had no success with green peas, french beans too.
I have sowed them approximately 2/3 week of March. They bot have rotted. I have soaked them over night before sowing for early germination. And I have also watered and kept the compost moist. I want to try again. Any help pls?

[vegetable-gardener]

Not sure really what the problem is - you think the plants are too short? It doesn't matter really how tall they are - I think. As long as the produce vegetables.

My shortest broad beans are around 2' tall (these were sown in Feb) and the others around 3' 60 4' (these were sown in November).

If you take the flowers off you won't get any broad beans.

I think you sownings of peas and french beans were to early. I sowed some peas in early to mid April. Climbing french beans I started off in individual trays and then planted out. Dwarf beans will go in soon - when I have some room.

Hope this helps.

[airconednightmare]

as above sowing french beans early increases the chance they will rot before, during or slightly after germination.

sowing them in early april, up in scotland, i bank on loosing about half the seed to rot dispite adding cheshunt to the pots and keeping them under cloche