Thread: Someone said recently to eat broad beans pod and all
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Old 29-06-2013, 12:42 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Someone said recently to eat broad beans pod and all
On Sat, 29 Jun 2013 11:58:01 +0100 (BST), wrote:

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.

Chocolate spot used to decimate mine in Devon.
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