Allotments 4 All
Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: derbex on August 31, 2004, 14:53:27
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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
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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?
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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