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19 Aug 10, Mark (Australia - temperate climate)

I have the same issue with my beans, wondering if it's a soil nutrient imbalance?

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20 Aug 10, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

They take a long time, i planted mine in mid April, (coastal sub-trpopical)i i have lots of small pods now, my father who is an hour south of me (Temperate) has got loads of flowers but no pods he planted in late april. Not sure about nutrients but my patch is based on horse manure and seaweed from my beach.

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10 Jul 10, Keenonveg (United Kingdom - cool/temperate climate)

I have had good results from autumn planted BBs over the years, but for the last two years the plants have only flowered on the bottom few inches. Those flowers produced nice pods, but were gone in a fortnight, with no more to follow! What am I doing wrong????

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03 Jul 10, Margaret (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

When you pick out the tops, don't throw them in the compost, they are lovely chopped up and put in with your stir fry vegetables.

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01 Jul 10, Margaret (Australia - temperate climate)

My broad bean plants look healthy and come into flower but the beans aren't setting. There are lots of bees around so I am assuming it is not a pollination problem. Has anyone come across this before? Margaret

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03 Jul 10, Fiona (Australia - temperate climate)

I had the same problem last year. Turns out I sowed them too early. Don't worry though, they will start to set when the weather is right. We still had a really good crop in the end :-)

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18 Jun 10, JC (Australia - temperate climate)

What do you mean by pick the tops out?

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19 Jun 10, (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

It means to pick off the top-most shoots so the plant stops growing upwards.

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11 Jun 10, John Woodward (Australia - temperate climate)

I also have broadbeans with curled leaves cannot find anything causing it. Seem to be growing OK but I don't know how they will go come time to flower.

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01 Jun 10, Candice bartels-waller (Australia - temperate climate)

My beans are finished fo the year do I rip them out or will they re-produce beans nxt year?

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