[jsgreen89]

Following the few days of rain I popped back to the allotment to find that quite a few of my runner beans have black marks on them. Some of just a few black bits along the edges, some have little patches (See attached picture).

Some of the leaves were also looking a bit pathetic, but overall the plant looked ok. Is this a disease? Or some side effect of the heavy rain we've had?

I was going to use the latest carrier bag of beans, but I was going to chop off any black bits. I just hope that when I go back to the plot today that the remaining beans won't all be black! Still plenty more beans to come! 

[Aunt Sally]

It could be a disease called Anthracnose.  It is a fungal carried by the seed so don't save seed for next year from these plants.

The pods will be fine to eat if you cut out the black bits.

[Salmo]

A week ago we had high winds. I think it is just bruising. Mine are the same.

[mumofstig]

When I went to pick some for dinner they have gone like that with the winds we are getting...........they are really taking a bashing at the moment

[jsgreen89]

Ok well that's good news

It has been very windy here, so bruising could be a real possibility.