Kitchen Garden Forum

Hello, I planted out some broad bean plants about ten days ago. they were about 10 to 15 cm high and looked fine in the pots but after a week some of them looked rather shrivelled. Now after ten days a few have disappeared altogether! They seem to have shrivelled into nothing whears others appear to be growing albeit very slowly. Anyone any clues?

Have a look further back in the pests forum for the thread on bean weevil, are the edges of the leaves nibbled to a serrated effect, this pest is a small brown chap that jumps about from leaves to leaves. Responds well to spraying, but if you want organic control, B & Q use a chrysanthemum extract organic spray that works quite well for 2.99 per bottle, get a couple and spray weekly for two or three weeks, the plants dont seem to suffer.

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