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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: Sir Growalot on June 04, 2008, 20:37

Title: healthy Broad Beans flowers ...no beans see pics advice ?
Post by: Sir Growalot on June 04, 2008, 20:37

(http://www.4freeimagehost.com/resized/PUSHffec584c0a20.jpg) (http://www.4freeimagehost.com/show.php?i=PUSHffec584c0a20.jpg)
Nice looking plants
(http://www.4freeimagehost.com/resized/PUSH9fa8354ae4e0.jpg) (http://www.4freeimagehost.com/show.php?i=PUSH9fa8354ae4e0.jpg)
flowers formed but are dropping off ...no beans
(http://www.4freeimagehost.com/resized/PUSHb8cb9233c96f.jpg) (http://www.4freeimagehost.com/show.php?i=PUSHb8cb9233c96f.jpg)

Title: healthy Broad Beans flowers ...no beans see pics advice ?
Post by: gobs on June 04, 2008, 21:56

The scary looking black things are the dying petals, perfectly normal, the bean pods can be detected a wee bit later as tiny little green pods, so I think you well might be OK. :wink:

Title: healthy Broad Beans flowers ...no beans see pics advice ?
Post by: Sir Growalot on June 05, 2008, 14:30

Thanks Gobs but i fear the ants have been harvesting the nectar as on closer inspection this morning there were quite a few ants on the stems. how can I get rid of the ants ?

Title: healthy Broad Beans flowers ...no beans see pics advice ?
Post by: gobs on June 05, 2008, 18:47

There are quite a few ant threads going , sir, in short, not easily. :wink: