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GRACELAND

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Broad beans or Lack of
« on: June 12, 2007, 17:44:09 »
Broad Beans ,

A pal of Mine has just been picking them pods were big ,but were empty !!

 Why ???

Any reason;s why

 Were well watered and ground was ok ??

 ???
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saddad

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Re: Broad beans or Lack of
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2007, 18:48:29 »
Lack of pollination?... sometimes one or two beans haven't developed but not a whole pod. Would have thought the pod would drop if not set...
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GRACELAND

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Re: Broad beans or Lack of
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2007, 18:53:06 »
There was one or two beans in a pod but thats about all one row was like this the other row was better but still not full of beans !
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Re: Broad beans or Lack of
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2007, 19:12:20 »
Sounds like a pollination problem then...
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GRACELAND

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Re: Broad beans or Lack of
« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2007, 19:58:16 »
Thanks for that ,Will tell my pal he needs more Bees  ;D
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