Topic: What's happening to my beans?

[derbex]

Runners that is. Every year they flower wonderfully then the flowers, or some times v. small beans are to be found on the ground.

I think somethings getting at them -not birds because I netted them -earwigs?

I have some borlotti beans 2ft away and they're fine, they even taste like runners.

ARRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH

Jeremy

[aquilegia]

My runners, along with all the rest of my crops, have been a total failure this year.

I had six plants in pairs up polls. One pair was eaten by the slimers when small. Another pair grew a bit, then gave up and refuse to grow anymore. The final pair grew and grew, hit the tops of the polls, flowered, set beans, then got some kind of blight.  >:(

There's a bit of empathy.

I've had the flowers and beans dropping off before and always thought it was in connection with the plant being too dry. Is that possible this year?

[derbex]

I even watered them  >:( -I suppose the lesson is to grow them on the allotment, I did get some beans off the half-dozen plants I had growing among the sweetcorn.

Jeremy