Our broad beans have done well this year, better than last, and I
realised the other day that there'd been no sign of any blackfly on them
this year.

I sowed the beans in spring but a bit late, if I remember correctly, so
is a clean crop down to luck with timing or has it been a fairly
blackfly-less year?

--
Sue

"Indigo" wrote in message
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Our broad beans have done well this year, better than last, and I realised
the other day that there'd been no sign of any blackfly on them this year.

I sowed the beans in spring but a bit late, if I remember correctly, so is
a clean crop down to luck with timing or has it been a fairly blackfly-less
year?

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Sue

Well Sue - none on ours last year but have had a veg plot fallow year 2014.
Luck is perhaps a major factor !!

Pete

On 06/08/2014 15:35, Indigo wrote:
Our broad beans have done well this year, better than last, and I
realised the other day that there'd been no sign of any blackfly on them
this year.

I sowed the beans in spring but a bit late, if I remember correctly, so
is a clean crop down to luck with timing or has it been a fairly
blackfly-less year?

They're all on my nasturtiums...

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Jeff

In article ,
says...

Our broad beans have done well this year, better than last, and I
realised the other day that there'd been no sign of any blackfly on them
this year.

I sowed the beans in spring but a bit late, if I remember correctly, so
is a clean crop down to luck with timing or has it been a fairly
blackfly-less year?

I saw a few early on in the cropping season, never got round to
spraying, and they disappeared!

Not the best crop I've had by a long way, I think I planted
everything too close this year for some reason - age I exect!

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Roger T

700 ft up in Mid-Wales

Indigo wrote:

Our broad beans have done well this year, better than last, and I
realised the other day that there'd been no sign of any blackfly on them
this year.

I sowed the beans in spring but a bit late, if I remember correctly, so
is a clean crop down to luck with timing or has it been a fairly
blackfly-less year?
How strange. I experienced the same thing. A bit late in planting and
not one blackfly on the plants. The first year I've had that in over 50
years of gardening and growing broad beans.

Peter

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On 06/08/2014 19:13, Jeff Layman wrote:
On 06/08/2014 15:35, Indigo wrote:
Our broad beans have done well this year, better than last, and I
realised the other day that there'd been no sign of any blackfly on them
this year.

I sowed the beans in spring but a bit late, if I remember correctly, so
is a clean crop down to luck with timing or has it been a fairly
blackfly-less year?

They're all on my nasturtiums...

You can have my cabbage white butterflies too, if you like, to keep them
company,

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Sue

On 07/08/2014 06:56, Peter James wrote:
Indigo wrote:

Our broad beans have done well this year, better than last, and I
realised the other day that there'd been no sign of any blackfly on them
this year.

I sowed the beans in spring but a bit late, if I remember correctly, so
is a clean crop down to luck with timing or has it been a fairly
blackfly-less year?
How strange. I experienced the same thing. A bit late in planting and
not one blackfly on the plants. The first year I've had that in over 50
years of gardening and growing broad beans.

Interesting. Could be that blackfly just aren't having a good time of it
this year, but since you've had the same experience I'll try and
remember to sow late again next year and see if I can repeat the results.

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Sue