Yes, they do look a bit lumpy dont they, not mottled though, that is just reflection and the colour is very uniform. I got the seeds from my regular and very responsible seed merchant/garden centre. They buy in bulk and supply most of the local allotment holders and small veg growers. I buy an old f...

I have followed that one up on the Internet, certainly it can occur in beans.. but no galls visible Another Photo, the last one was one of the plants that was curling over.. this is more typical. I still dont like weedkiller, it can occur in a single plant in the middle of a group of normal ones. In...

Thanks Richard I agree, it does look like weedkiller damage, but I think it is most unlikely, it would have had to travel at least 30 yards, through a hedge, through a bed of beans that have been minimally affected and just picked out some of the plants in the beds that have been affected, leaving t...

Thought this might be of interest.. ladybird lava spotted on my leaf beet yesterday. Good year for ladybirds up here in Yorkshire

Mark

No not lawn weedkiller, it is well away from any lawn, except a wildflower meadow and everything around is healthy.

Cracked it.. I had BBCode disabled, works fine in preview when I enable it!

Thanks

Mark

Thanks Clive, that shows it in all its glory! That, believe it or not, was a healthy broad bean plant.

Mark

PS I am using Firefox, is that a problem? Even in Internet Explorer mode.

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Help! Can anyone tell me what is happening to my broad beans? I have been growing Imperial Green Windsor for about 15 years (on a three-year rotation) without any problem apart from blackfly, but this year, after a normal start, about 30% of them have suddenly started to curl up their leaves and sho...