Hi guys I have just thinned out my carrots at 9 9.30 tonight will the dreaded carrot fly get at them or will they be dormant at that time of night any help thanks
I have a new garden this year built from scratch with new imported soil.
Everything seems to be doing well at the moment except my Broad beans, plenty of flowers but as a lot of the flowers are going off, no beans are forming.
Even the black aphids have not arrived in the tops.
Right next to them are peas which are going great,
If the seed has germinated then it'll be fine. It's more likely to be a dryness at the roots or lack of the right pollinating insects. Beans need quite a bit of water.
It would be helpful if you started a new thread for this question, with Broad Bean in the title, so that broad bean growers can spot it easily.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I was at a clients house this weekend; she is a brilliant cook and I always look at her great collection of recipe books. I found this really fantastic book for fruit and veg growers; Able and Cole, Veg Box Companion by Keith Able (or Abel). £12.99, but may be cheaper on line. This is not an ad; I've never heard of these people before, but was impressed by things like radish leaf pesto
Having bought a dwarf cherry tree and plum tree. I wanted them for two large pots I have in the garden. All seemed to be coming on well until a few weeks ago, when the top leaves started to curl, there are no signs of aphids or any other pests, can anyone help?
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thank you Dovefromabove!
Hi guys I have just thinned out my carrots at 9 9.30 tonight will the dreaded carrot fly get at them or will they be dormant at that time of night any help thanks
No idea at all - did you use a torch?
Can carrot flies see in the dark? Given their diet one would rather suspect that they can
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks I never knew there were so many pest until I started this veg growing
Broad Bean Problems.
I have a new garden this year built from scratch with new imported soil.
Everything seems to be doing well at the moment except my Broad beans, plenty of flowers but as a lot of the flowers are going off, no beans are forming.
Even the black aphids have not arrived in the tops.
Right next to them are peas which are going great,
Could it be old seed? Thanks for any help.
If the seed has germinated then it'll be fine. It's more likely to be a dryness at the roots or lack of the right pollinating insects. Beans need quite a bit of water.
It would be helpful if you started a new thread for this question, with Broad Bean in the title, so that broad bean growers can spot it easily.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I was at a clients house this weekend; she is a brilliant cook and I always look at her great collection of recipe books. I found this really fantastic book for fruit and veg growers; Able and Cole, Veg Box Companion by Keith Able (or Abel). £12.99, but may be cheaper on line. This is not an ad; I've never heard of these people before, but was impressed by things like radish leaf pesto
Having bought a dwarf cherry tree and plum tree. I wanted them for two large pots I have in the garden. All seemed to be coming on well until a few weeks ago, when the top leaves started to curl, there are no signs of aphids or any other pests, can anyone help?
Sorry for all the questions!