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Baz[_3_] · 29-06-2013, 12:20 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

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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.

Nick, I hope that I never have that rubbish you had. Touch wood.

Baz