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Runner Bean Flowers "Nipped" Off
"Gordon H" wrote in message ... I looked at the FAQ, tried to access "Garden Beans", but was unable to access the web site... I am growing runner beans for the first time for quite a few years, have plenty of flowers, but up to now only one tiny bean has "set". The atrocious weather this week has slowed growth anyway. Some of the flowers appear to have been neatly nipped off, or else dropped off for some reason, and I remember having this frustrating problem on previous crops, i.e. - losing the first few pods at least. The leaves have also been eaten away to some extent, but I was only able to find a tiny black caterpillar on one, and I do use slug pellets when the weather is damp. I'm sure there is a well known cause of this... ;-) -- Gordon H t could be the flowers have failed to pollinate and have simply dropped of, or the weather has been too cold, depends where you live , here in the midlands we have had some nights well below 10 degrees centigrade this will cause flower drop. regards Cineman |
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