30-06-2013, 01:45 PM
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Someone said recently to eat broad beans pod and all
On Sun, 30 Jun 2013 10:39:39 +0100, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-06-30 10:16:48 +0100, Jim S said:
On Sun, 30 Jun 2013 10:13:54 +0100, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-06-29 13:59:20 +0100, Baz said:
Jim S wrote in
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On Sat, 29 Jun 2013 11:58:01 +0100 (BST), wrote:
In article , Baz
wrote:
Broad beans are the only vegetable that I grow that don't get pests
and diseases. Other than blackfly of course if they are sown in
spring. I sow most of mine in autumn. I get the odd one or two with
blackfly so I nip the tops off instead of eating them. The rest are
fine.
Oh, yes, they do. I lost most of my crop one year to rust; there
are viruses that can affect them; and they fairly often get various
root and stem rots. Yes, those rarely do more than kill a few
plants and reduce the crop, but occasionally they can destroy one.
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
Chocolate spot used to decimate mine in Devon.
Used to? Have you found a solution then?
Baz
Yes, he stopped being a Janner and became a Geordie! ;-)
I was always a Geordie, but out on loan.
Ah, we didn't convert you then! ;-) My great-grandmother was a Devon
maid who became a hinny. (I think that's right!)
Correct - pet 
28 years in North Devon was obviously not long enough - but it does explain
the chocolate spot in the damp climate.
Oddly it's much drier up here, but I am on the East coast.
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Jim S
Tyneside UK
www.jimscott.co.uk
http://geordiecamii.wordpress.com
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