Year two growing favas for the first time, we had crazy 100 degree heat indexes in may and june, and i still managed to grow more than I did last year where it was in the 70’s almost the entire first half of 2024.
Nitrogenous nodes, so I know they’re adding to my soil.
GTS sweet corn planted amongst the Favas to get a headstart when they die back in the coming july heat
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Have you tried over-wintering them in your location?
Mine tolerate pretty hard frost, including multiple consecutive nights below 20 degrees F without any snow protection each of the last two winters. Individual plants have died back, but most were fine or regrew from the roots, and these plants get much larger and set more pods for me than spring sown.
It might not be feasible to get them to survive the winter for you, but even late winter-killed plants will have fixed nitrogen and added organic matter to the soil. I find them to be an excellent cover crop, and can be easily seeded below an existing crop before it’s finished in the fall.
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The voles started to open my favas pods and eat them but the beans were firm and already coloring purple so I Harvested! Been selecting for large beans/long pods for 4 years now, there looking good and I would certainly say they are so neat!!
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I haven’t tried to overwinter them yet but my winter’s get into the -30’s f every year with the ground freezing a couple feet deep. But I am certainly sold on them as a mix for cover cropping. Once this sweetcorn is done, I may reseed favas if they all die out during the high heat we get during this summer. I oughta check how they straiglers are after 115 index today
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They look great!
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