[garreg]

hello everyone,
                        ive just entered (this is my second season)the world of growing my own fruit and veg, ive started with the basics i.e. strawberries,various types of lettuce,spring onions,
carrots,cabbage and brocoli,and they are doing really well,my problem is somthing is eating my runners,not the leaves but the beans themselves,they have been flowering for the last couple of weeks,but as soon as the bean shows its gone,taken clean off, there are a few amongst the denser leaves wich are now 2-3"long but as for the rest it would appear they are a regular meal for somthing, could it be mice?, i have no idea,please help,i was really looking forward to my beans.

[HilaryG]

What a shame Could it be a bird thing, if so you could try a bit of netting. Not sure about mice though, other than tempting them away from your beans with something else or finding the nest (I found a nest under my p. slabs) or traps (which never work).

[Ivor Backache]

I doubt if anything is eating them. Runners need insects for polination and with the recent wet weather they are simply not about. The flowers don't set and drop off. This is the second year in succession that August is very wet and I am hoping to start  next years beans earlier to avoid this happening.

[Walewein]

No problem with mine, alays seem to pollonate whatever the weather. The bees must have umbrellas near me.

[peterjf]

if you think its mice , put a couple of traps around the btems of the beans , load the traps with peanut butter mmmmmmmmmmmmm