Saving Witkiem broad bean seeds 2019

Some of the pods I saved which I kept in my greenhouse to dry out for a month or so, some of which I will plant straight into the ground in the autumn to over-winter, the rest I will save for next year...



Update: see this post for how the Witkiem seedlings are doing in 2020.

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