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Re: Broad Bean Failure ?
Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 7:46 pm
by Mike Vogel
Thanks for the advice. I'll try Masterpiece Green Longpod one day.
mike
Re: Broad Bean Failure ?
Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 10:57 pm
by Johnboy
Hi Clive,
It's a funny old world. Rats eating the slug bait and Slugs eating the rodent bait! Do you now have to put both out to protect your row of Beans?
JB.
Re: Broad Bean Failure ?
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 8:20 am
by Clive.
Hello JB,
It seems that way at the moment...
Clive.
Re: Broad Bean Failure ?
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 9:48 am
by Fat Andy
Well folks it looks like I was a little premature. I visited the plot yesterday, removed the cloches and found 2 rows of beans just breaking the surface. The haven't all germinated yet, I'd say I have about an 80% success rate but there's still time for the others. Unfortunately, I did hoe the top off one of them
One thing I did notice was that I'd spaced them a bit too far apart (this is my first year of growing them) so I did a bit of successional planting by sowing some more in the gaps
Thanks for your advice.
FA
Re: Broad Bean Failure ?
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 10:32 am
by oldherbaceous
That's good news FA, sometimes you just have to be a bit patient in life, especially when it comes to gardening.
Re: Broad Bean Failure ?
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:48 am
by Clive.
Pleased to read of the appearance of the Beans....I somehow thought they might just show.
....often a neat systematic line of holes along the row signifies they have gone up a mouse.
Clive.