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Old 10-07-2010, 05:53 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Jill Bell[_3_] Jill Bell[_3_] is offline
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On 10/07/2010 17:22, moghouse wrote:
On Jul 10, 1:22 pm, Jill wrote:
On 10/07/2010 12:49, ~Brian~ wrote: I seem to be losing an extraordinary amount of flowers from my plants this
year. I would expect some to drop with high winds, but these just seem to be
dropping off for no apparent reason (that I can see).
Has anyone any idea what could be causing this?? appreciate any advice!


Cheers ~Brian~


I've been told it's down to lack of water.


Suggest it may be a lack of bees to pollinate them - that's what I've
put it down to on mine - same thing with the broad beans, very poor
crop.

Maybe I shouldn't have planted the Cerinthe next to the beans - they're
covered in bees. Could it be that it's too much of a distraction? :-)