Hello,
Apologies if this has been asked before, but the search doesn't appear to be working.
A couple of days ago I noticed my broad beans which I planted out a few weeks ago had black fly eggs on the tips and ants working away on them >:( In a panic I pinched off the tips and later read somewhere that pinching should be done when the plants are about 3 foot high and after flowers have set. My plants are only about 1 foot high and have no flowers.
Are my broad beans doomed? and am I in time to sow some more?
Many thanks,
Vaca
Hi vaca, at least you got the blackfly ::)
Are my broad beans doomed?
When I zealously did this one year, the beans threw out more shoots. Fewer beans per stem but more stems :)
am I in time to sow some more?
yes, I sow broadies up to the end of May to get the tiny pods in succession during the summer. They don't like too high a germination temp though, so this is probably the last month unless we have a cold start to June. If you were to sow now you would probably miss the blackfly by the time they flower :)
Good luck vaca, hope you get to eat blackfly-free growing tips next time, yum
Don't know about doom, but I've just sown a second lot indoors.
And succession is the name of the game?
I've got one broad bean. Don't like them myself but it must have somehow seeded itself on my plot from next door (he had a row of them on the border last year). It is now about 6-8" high and flowering. Will it produce any beans does anyone think?
I would keep sowing, but I have run out of seed now ...