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Hi Can anyone suggest what mix of compost I will need to grow 5 french beans plants into a tub please. Any reliable multi purpose will do the job-do not start just yet it- is a bit early still. I wondered whether I need to mix some soil based

We've planted broad beans on our allotment to try and get an early crop for next year. Thrilled to see them all coming up and looking great but am unclear whether I need to protect them or not?I haven't got any fleece so will need to get some

I have had an invasion of black fly on my broad beans, Have companion planted and in the end I SPRAYED them and still they stayed. As both sides to me on the allotment have just started, they both had weeds so I put this down to this factor. I

Hi there, I just wondered whether anyone could tell me, whether it would be alright to plant out my runner beans soon, as they are beginning to take over my window sill, and Tilly the terrier is getting a little bit keen to get back on her window

plots and tend to pick a suitable day to blitz them all at once, getting everything cleared and organised for spring planting. Another neighbour, Vic, was also on his plot, moving his broad bean plants from his greenhouse at home to a sheltered spot

I am just starting out as AN Allotmenteer and will be putting cardboard & newspapers into a trench to assist beans and leeks to retain water ?? DO I put them in whole or cut them up. I tried just sheets of cardboard and as the weather has been so

my runner beans are being eaten.. the leaves are just being left like green lacey doileys..They are still rowing though...Whats eating them and can I do anything to stop it. Sounds like slugs or snails (one of them leaves the leaf skeleton behind, I

hi, I have planted broad beans for a while now but consistently suffer from 'misses'. Is there a correct position for the seed when planting to achieve a higher success rate, for example vertical, horizontal, flat etc? No, it doesn't matter exactly

My runner and dwarf beans that I planted in pots in my conservatory recently are now about 4-5 inches high. I would like to harden them off in a mini -greenhouse. Would it be ok to put them out now? Minimum night time temperatures in my area have

A couple of weeks ago I picked up a pack of these beans at a seed swap. They were then planted and put on my radiator in the hope that they would germinate but as yet no luck. They have been in the pots about two weeks now. Is there a trick to them