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Fava bean pods not developing -- any idea why?
A row of favas I planted earlier this spring has developed the lovely
flowers I enjoy, but when those flowers drop off, there's no emergent bean pod ... something I've not seen before. These seeds were planted in a newish bed that was filled primarily with a decent-quality commercial compost mixture ... the original clay soil having been carted away by our landscaper. Other crops did okay in that bad in year one, especially carrots and lettuces. But something there is that the favas don't seem to like. jk |
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buckyboy wrote:
A row of favas I planted earlier this spring has developed the lovely flowers I enjoy, but when those flowers drop off, there's no emergent bean pod ... something I've not seen before. These seeds were planted in a newish bed that was filled primarily with a decent-quality commercial compost mixture ... the original clay soil having been carted away by our landscaper. Other crops did okay in that bad in year one, especially carrots and lettuces. But something there is that the favas don't seem to like. jk Do Fava's need to be pollinated? Were there any pollinators around? -- Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington USDA Zone 8b Sunset Zone 5 |
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McGregors pollination handbook doesn't show all that great a yield
reduction on plots that bees were excluded from. My bet is poor pollination from some other cause like rain or temperature. |
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Thanks all for your counsel ... we've had a protracted cool and wet
spring here in the SF Bay Area, with no more than a day or two of sunshine here and there. I'd forgotten that the birds 'n' bees play a role in all this...something to keep in mind in years to come. |
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