I need some advice on when to pick some dwarf broad beans I've grown in a pot. There are about a dozen pods all at varying stages with the largest measuring about 6" long.
Would they be ok to pick now? Sorry if the question is a bit simple but it's my first year growing anything (my wife's the gardener). I've grown carrots in a pot with some success but this year is a trial run so I can have a real go next year
i have grown five plum tomatoe plants and all if not most of the fruit has gone black and rotten on the bottom of each one i have spoken to other people and theirs have gone the same way can you enlighten me why
I have just harvested the last of my broad beans here in spain and some of the larger pods have redish beans in them. Can anyone tell me if these are ok to eat or should i discard tham. Thanks.
To Terry...I am afraid that is probably tomato blight which affects a whole area hence other people near you having the same. Best thing is to pull them up and burn them, you don't want the bacteria in your compost!
i live in a very cold area of the uk (boat of garten) near aviemore i am growing broad beans for the first time this year as runner beans grow here but you only get a cropping time of 2-3 weeks as we get frost until early - mid june and again in september some times late august. my broad beans have been flowering now for atleast 3 weeks and are around 1 meter tall i chose a very hardy variety which people in the south overwinter (aquadulace) the lower flowers have shriveled and started to fall off with no sign of a bean pod forming it hasnt been overly hot here and we have had rain almost every day and on the few days we didnt have rain i have watered copiuosly am i being impaitent or am i doing something wrong? normally runner beans flower and within a week beans are forming there are plenty of bees etc around them mainly bumble bees
Just a bit of patience required Harry. The beans will start to form at the base of the main shoots where your flowers have fallen off. When this happens, nip off the top 3" of the plant to concentrate the growing of the pods if you have not already done so. No blackfly in Dundee yet but there is chocolate spot probably due to all the rain!
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I was told pick off flowers otherwise you get no cucumbers. I did not but still got cues.
A pal of mine did not pick off flowers but is getting a yellow cue?
Any advice would be helpful.
Thanks
Dennis
Would they be ok to pick now? Sorry if the question is a bit simple but it's my first year growing anything (my wife's the gardener). I've grown carrots in a pot with some success but this year is a trial run so I can have a real go next year