Broad beans

[lanabug]

I've been told I should pinch out the tops of broad beans to make bushier plants, is this right and when should I do it?

[muff13]

As far as I know, pinching out the tops of broad beans is recommended if they become infested by black fly. I have never heard of pinching them out to make the beans bushier - I find that mine usually grow more than one stem with no pinching.

[lindylou16]

As Muff said BB are pinched when near full height to deter blackfly not to get bushy plants this is not a characteristic of BB but they do grow more than one shoot from near the base.

[carlton23]

Planted late in the year for next year you won`t get blackfly.