Not much help for this year, but the older gentlemen on the allotments
around mine have claimed that broad beans planted in the autumn and
overwintered are more resistant to blackfly than spring-planted ones.


That is interesting Carol, if planted in the autumn will they stand up to
the winter weather or do they have to be protected in some way ??

Wally


I don't know if this is true or an old wives tale, but certainly the
ones I inherited from the previous allotment holder don't seem to have
any blackfly on them.

--
Carol
"The glassblower's cat is bompstable"
- Dorothy L. Sayers, _Clouds of Witness_