Runner bean pollination

[Silverfox]

Having started to cultivate a corner of the garden for veg etc, I seem to be having trouble with my runners not setting their flowers., so, having looked back in the archives I find that I am not the only one to have this problem. I seem to recall reading some years ago that spraying the plants with a suger water solution helps to attract the bees which seem to be sparse at the moment. Any thoughts on this would be welcome

[Silverfox]

[supersprout]

Hi silverfox, some folk spray in the evening with ordinary water to encourage pollination (I never have, but have an open site with lots of flowers). See also:
http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/joomla/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,57/topic,7142.0 http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/joomla/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,57/topic,21171.0/topicseen,topicseen
Hope the pollination picks up for you :)

[Silverfox]

:)Many thanks for your reply Supersprout, I found the links most informative.

Silverfox