On 11/08/2015 18:46, Christina Websell wrote:
"Lintama" wrote in message
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There is a hedge of rather high Leylandii trees only about four feet
away and I often hear birds chirping from there. Next year I will have
to grown them somewhere else. I hadn't thought about birds as I hadn't
seen any birds near the beans but perhaps very early in the morning they
are up to no good. I will see if I have some old CDs to hang amongst
the bean plants for the rest of the season.

Many thanks Bob for your suggestion. It does make sense.


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It could be birds, as Bob says, but it looks to me as it they have not
set.
If you haven't had much rain recently, try misting the flowers every day
and
see if that makes a difference. It could (perhaps) also be lack of
pollinating insects so make sure you have bee-friendly plants nearby.

HTH.


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Lintama

Well, there we get to your problem. A hedge of quite high Leylandii four
feet away.
Beans are greedy feeders and need a lot of water which your trees are
denying them.



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I'd say that 4ft from a tall leylandii hedge you don't have a hope in
hell of getting a good crop.