Broad beans

[Bellringer]

After many years absence I am now able to get back to growing vegetables. I seem to remember that I sowed broad beans at the back end of the year for a crop the following year. However there is no such information on the packet of seeds which are 'optica'.
Am I remembering correctly?

[Palustris]

There are some types of Broad Bean which are tough enough to be sown in Oct/Nov for an early crop. Optica is probably a bit tender to stand over winter. Personally, we never bother as the crop is not worth the effort if you live in a cold area.

[YvonneM]

My husband always starts our broad bean plants off in the unheated green house he sows them in February he plants them out when they are about 10 inches high