8 reasons to plant Fava Beans

[@elizabethwilliams3267]

I plant my broad beans (fava beans) at the start of november and they grow over winter to produce masses of beans for the following spring. I agree, the perfume is out of this world, especially when nothing else has blossom! A feast for the bees, too! U.K. 👍

[@EastxWestFarms]

@@elizabethwilliams3267 this is awesome. O think fava beans are way under appreciated.

[@davidoberstadt1907]

I grew fava beans with excellent results when I lived in Santa Clara County, CA. I'm in WA now and need to try them again. Thanks for the reminder of how great fava beans are!

[@EastxWestFarms]

You are welcome. Best luck with your new garden.

[@giovannam925]

How odd to find this comment❤. I am in Santa Clara County Right now I have several tall stocks, but I am not sure if they were planted too early. They are in the shade but it is starting to get warm, 😢Hopefully all will be ok

[@PacMan257]

Not sure how I stumbled across this channel but I am really enjoying it.

[@EastxWestFarms]

Welcome. Glad you found us. BTW, I really like hot 🌶

[@markx4391]

I really enjoyed your video. I think there are two more reasons to plant them. number one reason is that they taste great when you peel off the outer layer. We cooked them in butter and added salt and pepper, yum. The second reason and possibly the most important for me is the kangaroos don't eat them. Kangaroos often get into the yard but have not seen them or rabbits eating them.

[@EastxWestFarms]

Those are very good reasons. Fortunately we do not have kangaroos here. We do have rabbits but they do not seem to be interested on them.

[@organic.form310]

Thank you for the info! I started using this plant as a ground cover and I'm glad to hear it is also breaking up the clay soil here in Cali. I planted them about 3 weeks ago in Zone 10b and they're doing great!

[@EastxWestFarms]

You are welcome. I never tried growing them in summer since they are a cool season crop. Hope they will work out well for you.

[@jakegreen8104]

I live in Washington state and only on occasional years have i had fava beans over winter great early spring crop here in Western Washington

[@EastxWestFarms]

I guess you have a longer spring than us. Here in Texas, our spring can be just 2-3 weeks some time. Hope this year is better.

[@annettelewis544]

Thank you for all this information i leave you aome cherries

[@EastxWestFarms]

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[@PrayerOpensDoor]

Wonderful video! I am a brand new gardener and have started about 25 of these plants indoors. I had no idea what I planted and how valuable they are. Thank you for making this video. Now I’ll need to learn how to freeze and recipes on what to do with them. ♥️ from 🇨🇦.

[@EastxWestFarms]

Thank you for watching. We tried this recipe. It was pretty good. www.foodrepublic.com/recipes/fava-beans-with-bacon-recipe/amp/

[@anajinn]

Me too. New gardener and want to learn how to preserve them. I have frozen butter beans just in large yogurt tubs. It seems to work OK and saves the lengthy soaking and cooking of dried beans. I wonder if it is better to can them?

[@Mahia965]

I'm a new subscriber!! Growing these in Australia for the first time. Really enjoyed your video. Thank you for sharing your 8 reasons to grow fava beans.

[@EastxWestFarms]

You are welcome. Glad you like it.

[@rawsunnata829]

I wish I would knew this 30 years ago

[@EastxWestFarms]

It’s never too late!

[@stacyandkellyify]

Thank you for sharing your wisdom. I live in north Texas and have only clay soil. I will be trying this.

[@EastxWestFarms]

You are welcome. It has been so warm this year that you can probably still plant fava beans. I just put some in the ground last weekend.

[@JisforJenius]

Hi Stacy. How did you go? Did you get a good crop?

[@carolhenderson186]

Just got fava beans in the mail today and have been searching KZbin for information. Your video was fabulous and most informative. Thank you.

[@EastxWestFarms]

You are welcome. Enjoy.

[@Cookgal7]

lk9 for this tips to grow this Fava beans, very infromative, wow

[@EastxWestFarms]

Thank you!

[@daniellep1552]

Thank you!! Such a great video!

[@EastxWestFarms]

I glad you liked it. Happy gardening!

[@sovereignsoul]

Number one could have been taste. Fava beans are one of my favorite tasting beans. They also are a good winter crop in Florida.

[@EastxWestFarms]

Absolutely. I gave some to my neighbor and she is now hooked.

[@sovereignsoul]

@@EastxWestFarms Via KZbin I appreciate you as a neighbor too! And appreciate the video as I learned a few things. No greater gift than a teacher. Sincere thanks.

[@EastxWestFarms]

@@sovereignsoul thank you so much. That is very sweet!

[@aliciavalentyn5889]

Wonderful 💦🌱

[@EastxWestFarms]

Thank you.

[@ClausenWorld]

I’m going to have to try fava beans. I’ve never eaten them before. Thank you for sharing this information. It was very useful.😊

[@EastxWestFarms]

Thanks for watching. I like cooking with fava beans. They are so tasty and you can not buy them from the grocery store.

[@ClausenWorld]

@@EastxWestFarms I just made an online purchase of some Windsor.😊

[@KeeKeeSoto]

I love fava beans. I'm gonna grow some in my fall garden.. great video 😊🌿

[@EastxWestFarms]

Thank you. Happy 👩‍🌾

[@pinetreehill586]

Thank you for the great information on fava beans. Learning new things is fun! I will have to buy a bag and see how well they do in Louisiana.

[@EastxWestFarms]

It might be too late to plant them now. It is a cool season crop and usually plant them in the fall.

[@pinetreehill586]

@@EastxWestFarms I can buy them now and just wait for planting time. I really appreciate you teaching me something new that will help my gardens produce more food.

[@EastxWestFarms]

@@pinetreehill586 you are welcome. We are learning together.

Nice video thanks for sharing

[@EastxWestFarms]

Thank you for watching!

[@ttthoahan]

I love your video Video so nice Njjj

[@EastxWestFarms]

Thank you very much!

[@mysuburbanadventures9241]

Great information thanks for sharing

[@EastxWestFarms]

Thanks for watching!

[@jflgreen]

I live in northeast US. I want to try to grow fava beans this year. Do I need to grow them on a pole?

[@EastxWestFarms]

No. They grow like a bush. About 2 feet tall.

[@anajinn]

Great video. Thank you. I have only just started a garden this year. I would like to use the fava beans for food during the winter and, of course, as a cover crop. I live in zone 8b. When should I plant these so that they will grow during the winter please, AND do you plant them straight into the soil or start them inside first? Do you inoculate them? It seems difficult to find the inoculant for beans.

[@EastxWestFarms]

I am at zone 8a. For winter crop, direct sow the beans in the ground in fall. I do not inoculate them before planting.

[@anajinn]

@@EastxWestFarms Thank you

[@peewahlau9375]

Where are you located?

[@EastxWestFarms]

We are in North Central Texas, between Italy and Palestine

[@peaceandlove5214]

How many times I can cut Fava Bean plant to give to livestock ?

[@EastxWestFarms]

I never cut the fava bean plants since we grow them for the beans. But we had two deep freezes last winter, the tops of the plants were killed off by the freezes but they recovered very well.

[@debbiemills7736]

I read somewhere that the leaves of the plant are also edible, to be prepared like spinach. Would you recommend eating the leaves?

[@EastxWestFarms]

I have not tried these. They look a little rough for cooking to me. Maybe I will give it a try this winter.

[@emkn1479]

I’m going to try growing these from beans I get from the store. Do they need to be the type that retain their peel? I’ve also seen some that are peeled and they are pretty beat up. Not sure if they’d grow.

[@EastxWestFarms]

I never tried growing peeled fava beans, I assume that the germ will get damaged in the peeling process or they might rot in the soil before they get a chance to sprout. Store bought beans work great for us and we never felt the need to buy them from a seed store.

[@emkn1479]

@@EastxWestFarms that’s my guess too but I’m experimenting. Peeled is all I could find right away, so I soaked and planted the best looking ones (there were a few that retained the peel) to try it. I need to go to another store. I’m also wondering if variety matters, as I’m in zone 6.

[@EastxWestFarms]

@@emkn1479 does not hurt to give it a try. The good thing with store bought beans is that they are relatively inexpensive. We are in zone 8b and fava bean is our winter crop.

[@emkn1479]

@@EastxWestFarms good news-it worked! All but two of the beans I soaked ended up sprouting and I planted them outside yesterday. That’s what I’ve seen recommended for zone 6.

[@EastxWestFarms]

@@emkn1479 that is excellent. Great experiment.

[@su0019]

which month did you plant these

[@EastxWestFarms]

Later fall. It is a winter cover crop for us. The top may die off when there is a freeze but they usually bounce back.

[@anajinn]

@@EastxWestFarms What zone are you in please?

[@EastxWestFarms]

@@anajinn zone 8a.

[@anajinn]

Thank you.

[@anajinn]

Thank you

[@robertcorradi8573]

Excellent. Thank you .

[@EastxWestFarms]

You are welcome.