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Old 16-06-2015, 09:43 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Broad bean woes
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On Tue, 16 Jun 2015 08:54:59 +0100, Martin Brown wrote:

On 15/06/2015 21:17, Nick Maclaren wrote:

I always get a few with no flowers, but this year the majority have
none or almost none. Does anyone know why, or what triggers broad
beans to create flowers?

I suspect it isn't warm enough yet. Mine are just about there now but
plants which should normally have been in flower on 5th June still
aren't out. It has been a cold spring and many things are delayed.
(there are still bluebells out in the woods here in N Yorks)

Anything that needs real warmth to get going is sulking at the moment.

My broad beans are doing quite well, with plenty of flowers,
although they are still quite small (about 18inches). However,
the black fly seems to have arrived already, but strangely only
on 2 adjacent plants. Out with the spray tomorrow!

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Roger T

700 ft up in Mid-Wales
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