[pran vallaba]

i have been told by an old timer that i have got club root on me broad beans so i am go ing to burn them ....the question is can i plant any thing else in the same place or do i have to leave it empty ,......thanks in advance

[woodburner]

I'm only a newbie to this veg lark, but I never heard of BBs getting clubroot. Beans do get nodules, on the roots though as a matter of course, something to do with nitrogen fixing bacteria, I think.

[DD.]

:shock:   :shock:  :shock:

He's either very mistaken or pulling your leg.

Either way he should know better. I hope you've not burnt your beans yet.

[Aunt Sally]

I hope you've not even pulled them up  :shock:

What are the plants like to have made him say that  :?:

[pran vallaba]

i have not took them out yet thats why  ithought i would ask here first as i trust what is said on this forum.....

 they look a bit yellowish and are twisted a bit  and growth seems to be stunted some flowers are there though .the one i pulled up the roots had little nobbles on them ....

   i will take some pics tomorrow ....

[DD.]

the one i pulled up the roots had little nobbles on them ....

   i will take some pics tomorrow ....

These would be the nitrogen containing nodules that woodburner posted about....

http://www.biologyreference.com/images/biol_03_img0313.jpg

[gobs]

How did these beans come about? Sown in-situ, transplanted this winter or spring?

They sound like struggling a bit, but, no rot even let alone club root.

[pran vallaba]

i grew 15 at at home from seed they were perfect . and  ihad 10 in from a garden centre .i put mine in and aftrer about a week the ones from the garden centre looked a bit funny .then after mine had been in about 2 weeks they started to go funny then . they are growing at the bottom of a potatoe patch ....as its new plot i dont know what was in there last ....the spuds are looking great at the mo ...touch wood.......

...just been to the allotment to take pics with phone they should be clear enough also one of the spud patch looking ok the beans are at the bottom of these .....
the first picture is the size of plot  down to the green compost bin ..the two black bins were on my plot already so that was a bonus  ....

[Aunt Sally]

I've added your pictures for you pran vallaba.  Would you like to talk us through them.

[gobs]

Quite a bit of weevil damage, which they pull through normally, but some look weird, I'm not sure what it is but buds and shoots look very barren to me, any chance something else is also stripping them?

[Big Jen]

Could you have sprayed weed killer near them and some of the spray has caught them? They look deformed like something has stunted them.
BJ

[pran vallaba]

the pic with the potatoe's in to the right u can just see some tarp covering a patch a bit bigger than the one with spuds in.to the left of the alien beans. lol is another patch with runner beans and some hispi cabages. got  to dig some more as just got some summer purple sprouting plants to put in i got from a farmers market but the weather is a bit cack...plus i have loads of clinker to battle with as wellas the usual weeds but not to bad for just over a months work ...... nope no weed killer every one is unsure what it is on the allotment . one old guy has said he has never seen beans like it ?

  i have sprayed with a organic spray i to kill black fly and the like in desperation to try and save them

[woodburner]

As I said before, I'm a newbie to this veg lark, but I'm wondering if it's a virus. Ants carry apids around and aphids carry viruses.

[Aunt Sally]

I think it could be a virus infection.

[pran vallaba]

should i dig them up then ?