Growing Broad Beans, also Fava bean

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14 May 13 Paul (Australia - temperate climate)
I planted the Broad beans in March the plants are 1 meter high . .I have had the white flowers come on the stems but have not got any bean pods . Am i doing something wrong or do i need to do something else ?
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30 Jun 13 (Australia - temperate climate)
You can try fertilising the flowers yourself with a cotton bud or wait till it warms up and the bees will do it for you! It may still be too cold for pods to set also :)
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05 Jun 13 Nicolas Connault (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Same here, Paul, got some white flowers on some of the plants, they've gone now and I can't see any pods. However, an old gardener friend of mine smiled when I told her and she said: "Be patient, Nicolas, be patient, they'll come!". So I'm following her advice :-)
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