Empty Broadbean Pods

Last post 25-07-2012 2:23 PM by KarenC. 4 replies.

• 16/07/2012 02:56 PM

  Windsurfer Location: Hemel Hempstead Joined on: 30 Apr 2010 Posts: 2

  Reply | Contact This year about half of my March sown Masterpiece Broadbeans have perfectly formed pods, that appear to show beans inside. When opened they are empty apart from vestigial beans. The presence of these leads me to suspect the beans have been pollinated. My adjacent Champion of England Peas, which produced flowers just one to two weeks later are bearing a very heavy crop. Any ideas why the Broadbean pods are empty? Allotments - own all you grow!

• 19/07/2012 10:03 PM	In reply to
  Snark Location: Suffolk Joined on: 12 Jan 2011 Posts: 265	Reply | Contact I think that this is poor fertilisation . You do get tiny vestigial beans.A lot of mine are the same this year. Rubbish weather at pollination time! For the Snark was a boojum you see

• 25/07/2012 07:24 AM	In reply to
  KarenC Location: Austria Joined on: 07 Jul 2012 Posts: 10	Reply | Contact Mine were shooting up this year developing heavy fruit, but while I was still screaming 'YEAHHHHH' the blackfly came and I had no beans at all, the stems were covered in black lice! I find this very discouraging, don't know whether I'll try to grow them again. Who said that broadbeans are easy to grow?

• 25/07/2012 12:02 PM	In reply to
  headfullofbees Location: Cheadle Hulme Joined on: 13 Feb 2006 Posts: 316	Reply | Contact There's a tip about pinching out the tips of broad beans to sicourage blackfly  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1FIXwm6v5M Two inches equals 5cm in metric for our Austrian friend.

• 25/07/2012 02:23 PM	In reply to
  KarenC Location: Austria Joined on: 07 Jul 2012 Posts: 10	Reply | Contact Thanks for the hint, I am eagerly waiting for my 2nd lot of BB to blossom and then I will put this method to the test!