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09-07-2021, 03:09 PM
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Re: Runner Beans

Originally Posted by Percy Vere ->
Yes. When I had an allotment back in the 70s, one of the older gardeners told me to use used washing up water with a couple of teaspoons of vinegar mixed in. I still use that mix for greenfly on roses


Aha. That's interesting. Thank you Percy.
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11-07-2021, 08:23 AM
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Re: Runner Beans

My Lupins attracted the black and green flies and have noticed here in France that most veggies beds have at least marigolds and other flowers cant name them as yet.. sure they are used to decoy the little beasts away from the veggies...

I have always used a few drops of washing up liquid with water and spray them like most peoples answers before me...

We cannot grow Runner Beans at all here..
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11-07-2021, 08:38 AM
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Re: Runner Beans

may get a few this year

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11-07-2021, 12:37 PM
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Re: Runner Beans

They look healthy Realspeed, but I asked how people keep the Blackfly away? Do you get that problem with yours?
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13-07-2021, 04:44 PM
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Re: Runner Beans

I spritzed them away with a hose. Although I found that it was all to do with position. Avoid growing them near trees or other shrubs.

Having grown them a few times I've now realised nobody likes runner beans. Nobody wanted to eat them. I made a stew which included just the beans themselves last Summer. It was the neediest dish. You have to harvest so many beans just to get a bowlful.

So this year it's tomatoes, potatoes, parsley, fennel, dill, mint and chard. There is also a large cucumber plant in a pot in the house with teeny tiny cucumbers starting to form. Not sure whether that will be a success yet.

Blackfly don't seem to like tomatoes or geraniums. I wonder whether it's worth planting runner beans surrounded by tomato plants to avoid some pests like blackfly.
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Re: Runner Beans

Hi

Mine are a disaster this year, I am on my third planting.
 
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