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Courgette Help

nemetodes down the courgettes have all but gone. The same wth my broad beans and runner beans. My problem is we are going to USA for 2 weeks on Saturday so do I put more cougette plants in the ground before then and also put runner beans straight by Huntertony

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11/07/2012 19:15:35

by H7

Talkback: Aphids

of ladybirds.Sadly this doesn't seem to work on broad beans - the blackfly seem to win this battle.Adam I grow nasturtiums specifically for luring blackfly away from my other plants; not sure how lured they'd be away from broad beans though I am going to try a by alistair

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22/06/2012 19:54:03

by LisaJ

Talkback: Top of the veg

discovered it, and now that I have, I can't understand why it is so underused in British gardens and kitchens. Love the idea of broad beans in a 'blankety bed!' Love the veg too, by far my favourite bean of all. Am trying 3 different varieties this year by Karl W

28/11/2011 18:30:21

by James A-S

Talkback: Late harvest

recently that you can extend the life of horticultural fleece by machine washing (in a netbag) at 40 degrees. Comes out like new! At the end of this month i am going to sow some broad beans for an early crop next year, i will of course have to protect them by Russ

28/11/2011 18:37:22

by Claire Dean

Talkback: Harvesters and Grazers

liquid on the broad beans i could wait to get them picked and cut the plants down lol. im a harvester because i have to collect for all the family , i only took on the allotment in june it was vacant 4 years before hand so i had a load to clear but when i by Grannyanne

28/11/2011 18:39:17

by joseph woosey

Too early for annual seeds?

. I'm just about to start my first batch of sweet peas & some brasicas, the rest I'll leave for another 2-3 weeks. I've got toms, peppers, mange tout, broad beans and sweet peas coming up. If I stop sneezing for long enough, planning on sowing peas by Lizanne Ford

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16/02/2013 12:27:36

by Lizanne Ford

A few random questions :)

that we are not growing any this year for a variety of reasons. Broad beans eaten by slugs - no year is ever as the books and packaging tell you, but this wet dark weather is really holding everything back. Keep using the organisc irion bawed slug by Loz

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14/07/2012 08:45:23

by Green Magpie

Talkback: Allotment successes

but loving it. New to this veg growing, turned some of the garden over to veg this year and have been very pleased. Beans runner & french great, beetroot, carrot, lettuce, radish, spring onion, garlic and then potatoes in buckets & was extremely pleased by S lambert

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28/11/2011 18:39:25

by BARB

companions

nasturtiums to attract blackfly away broad beans Growing climbing beans with sweetcorn works well. These are two of the "three sisters" growing method (google it), the 3rd being squashes. The beans fix nitrogen with nodules on their roots which helps feed by tricia snedden

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31/12/2012 16:14:08

by artjak

Talkback: Courgette rot

, not the developing courgette! Use some advanced nutrients :) iv tried spraying milk on my mildew infested gooseberries and it worked a treat. just diluted, 1part milk to roughly 9parts water, 2applications in a week seemed to clear it right up.easy Can I grow Broad by Linda Salfiti-Hoult

28/11/2011 18:39:32

by mdjlucan

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