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brown leaves on my broad beans
bluejan
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in Fruit & veg
brown leaves and stem on my broad beans, what could it be please, thanks
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Probably chocolate spot - it's a fungus which enjoys wet overcrowded conditions - another year plant your beans a bit further apart.
It's a nuisance and may reduce the yield but hopefully you should still get a crop and the beans will be perfectly edible.
If your bean plants are flopping about a bit, try staking them with canes to allow air to flow between the plants - this will help reduce the spread.
And don't compost the bean plants - dry and burn them if you can or otherwise dispose of them.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I did plant them a bit too close together and we have had a lot of rain, I do have them staked. thanks