# \#fava **URL:** https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/tag/fava/286.md [Latest](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/latest.md) · [Categories](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/categories.md) · [Tags](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/tags.md) --- ## [Landraces Garden in Switzerland 2026](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/landraces-garden-in-switzerland-2026/4688)
**Author:** [@Laura](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Laura)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2026, 8:51am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/landraces-garden-in-switzerland-2026/4688 "2026-10-05T08:51:08Z")
I plan to document my whole garden in here and just crosspost the relevant info to the Focus crops threads. This year I have the following main landrace projects, the project that are also a focus crop are bolded: Con… --- ## [FAVA BEANS 2025-26 european focus crop](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/fava-beans-2025-26-european-focus-crop/4378)
**Author:** [@isabelle](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/isabelle)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2026, 9:25am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/fava-beans-2025-26-european-focus-crop/4378 "2026-09-29T09:25:43Z")
hello all european fava growers, here is the place to discuss our 2025-26 season of fava landrace crops if you want to joint this idea of a combined effort of european breeders to mulitiply, enhance genetics, learn abou… --- ## [2026 GTS Grow Reports: Fava Beans (Vicia faba)](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/2026-gts-grow-reports-fava-beans-vicia-faba/4700)
**Author:** [@Taja](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Taja)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2026, 11:09am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/2026-gts-grow-reports-fava-beans-vicia-faba/4700 "2026-09-08T11:09:19Z")
Hello Friends and Fellow Fava Fanatics, This is the place to report back on your GTS Fava beans/ to share all experiences growing favas this season! We encourage any and all discussion around growing Favas, but especia… --- ## [Common Vetch (Vicia sativa) x Fava Beans (Vicia faba)?](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/common-vetch-vicia-sativa-x-fava-beans-vicia-faba/4724)
**Author:** [@VeggieSavage](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/VeggieSavage)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2026, 6:53pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/common-vetch-vicia-sativa-x-fava-beans-vicia-faba/4724 "2026-04-18T18:53:48Z")
Has anyone tried crossing Vicia sativa x Vicia faba? I’m also wondering if we can Domesticate Vicia sativa for improved edibility as well. For Vicia sativa, the Leaves & tendrils are edible raw or cooked, the young ten… --- ## [My 1st Grex - Broad Beans, South Wales](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/my-1st-grex-broad-beans-south-wales/4603)
**Author:** [@andyjwall](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/andyjwall)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2026, 8:54am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/my-1st-grex-broad-beans-south-wales/4603 "2026-03-15T08:54:49Z")
I’m planning on sowing a mix of these Aquadulce Claudia, Bunyards Exhibition, Witkiem, Karmazyn, Sutton Dwarf and Luz De Otono in a 1m by 2m bed, quite heavy clay. Probably 40-50 seeds direct sown. Hopefully within the w… --- ## [Fava Bean Projects](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/fava-bean-projects/202)
**Author:** [@mtttthwww\_vdp](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/mtttthwww_vdp)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2026, 12:44am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/fava-bean-projects/202 "2026-01-21T00:44:21Z")
2022-02-09T08:00:00Z (UTC) Subarctic Vicia Faba Landrace (61.5°N / Dfc / Zone 5 / Finland) I’ll update this post with photos of the broad bean landrace that I will be managing. I was eagerly awaiting for the snow to me… --- ## [Fava Beans, I just think they're neat](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/fava-beans-i-just-think-theyre-neat/4051)
**Author:** [@MichaelFomhar](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/MichaelFomhar)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/fava-beans-i-just-think-theyre-neat/4051 "2025-07-24T00:43:14Z")
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. … --- ## [My Fava beans](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/my-fava-beans/3593)
**Author:** [@James\_duxbury](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/James_duxbury)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/my-fava-beans/3593 "2025-03-03T23:17:25Z")
Ok folks here is where I am with my further Fava bean adventures. Yesterday I planted about 80 or so of our Windsor bean seeds (2023) in a row of un manicured richness. All I did was scrape the mulch from last years cov… --- ## [Inadvertent selection, serendipity and emergent traits in Vicia faba](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/inadvertent-selection-serendipity-and-emergent-traits-in-vicia-faba/1677)
**Author:** [@gregg\_muller](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/gregg_muller)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2024, 10:34pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/inadvertent-selection-serendipity-and-emergent-traits-in-vicia-faba/1677 "2024-06-12T22:34:49Z")
Last year I grew out a big row of hyper-diverse broadbeans, and harvested the seeds. Not everything ended up in the harvest tarp - some seed was shed onto the woodchip mulch. Later, I raked the woodchips into the path s… --- ## [Gardeners Guide to Fava Bean Projects-- Booklet by Ianto Evans](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/gardeners-guide-to-fava-bean-projects-booklet-by-ianto-evans/2248)
**Author:** [@julia.dakin](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/julia.dakin)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 11:56pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/gardeners-guide-to-fava-bean-projects-booklet-by-ianto-evans/2248 "2024-03-20T23:56:27Z")
Beautiful, folksy, hand drawn, almost lost/out of print booklet about Fava Beans. Shared by Nick Routledge. Look at those lovely recipes. Report back on what you cook!