I was excited to grow fava beans overwinter for spring harvest (Seattle area). Planted mid november. Due to the warmest wettest December I’ve experienced these things are absolutely taking off. Are these completely toast now that they’ve gotten so large before real winter temps? At least there’s no flooding in my neighborhood!
by CedarMagee
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I have long ago experience with this (in similar PNW area). The only thing I remember when I had this problem is they did get hit hard at real frost/snow, and that the ones that survived did no better and had no earlier harvest than the ones I direct-planted in the early spring. I’ve stopped planting in fall, and just try to get out earlier in the spring. Sometimes it’s hard when it’s so wet and mucky though. This has been a crazy warm fall/winter so far.