Planning ahead - when will autumn sown broad beans finish?

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I'm growing broad beans for the first time, I sowed in autumn and they're doing well, just starting to flower now. I'm trying to plan ahead and have something ready to go in when they've finished but I'm a bit clueless as to when that will be.

All the advice I can find is based on succession sowings in autumn and spring and gives a very wide date range for harvesting, so I'm wondering when just a first early crop is likely to be finished.

I've got very little space so if I mess it up and the new plants are ready before the beans are done I'll have nowhere to put them.

Any ideas? (I'm in the south east)

Slightly weather dependent, but sometime in May. Mine are still quite small, in SW, and looking a bit tatty from having been rained on every day for two months.

Thank you, that's really helpful. I hope you get plenty of sun and yours get a growth spurt.

I have got some spring sown ones to fill in any gaps, so all is not lost. I adore broad beans, and nothing beats fresh home grown ones