Today we have sown directly into the soil in  February for harvests as early as May. 
Broad beans usually take anywhere from 7 to 14 days to germinate. 
‘Aquadulce Claudia’: A large, very hardy longpod cultivar for autumn or early spring sowing. 
And Radish French Breakfast. 
Amongst the beans I put in some radishes 
This fast-growing catch crop will mature before the Broad Beans grow big and block out their light.
I'll wait at least another couple of weeks - perhaps 3 or 4 - before sowing my next lot of Broad Beans.
BBC - Gardening - Gardening Guides - Techniques - Growing broad beans: 
- These Aquadulce Claudia were sown mid November./charles_dowding/
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