Beans, danger of cross pollination?
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Baz wrote:
My broad bean "Aquadulce Claudia" already have small pods BTW, and
"The Sutton" are about ready to flower.
Mine are only just popping through the ground. :-(
My overwintered ones all got confused by the weather and flowered and
died by January.
I only know of one chap who grows runner bean "Streamline" and I have
some seed from him, (they are rather old) and with what you have said
about them perhaps it's time I gave them a try. I have grown "Scarlet
Emperor" since I started gardening and have found them a bit stringy
later on so maybe time to try something new(to me). Or both.
I have both streamline and emperor! I tend to grow a fairly random
selection, can never tell which is which by the time they fruit. :-)
I am sure that you have resarched growing broad beans, but it will do
no harm if I advise you to nip out the top of each plant when pods
have set to avoid greenfly, THE pest on broad beans from my
experience.
My broadbean pests have all been black, not green!
Yes, blackfly. Sorry.
Baz
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