In article , Baz wrote:

Broad beans are the only vegetable that I grow that don't get pests and
diseases. Other than blackfly of course if they are sown in spring. I sow
most of mine in autumn. I get the odd one or two with blackfly so I nip the
tops off instead of eating them. The rest are fine.

Oh, yes, they do. I lost most of my crop one year to rust; there
are viruses that can affect them; and they fairly often get various
root and stem rots. Yes, those rarely do more than kill a few
plants and reduce the crop, but occasionally they can destroy one.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.