Good day from sunny deptford

[deathbysnails]

Hello, I recently bought a house (yep - just before all the prices took a tumble...) in Deptford, SE London. More importantly a house with a garden, which is a pretty amazing change for someone who has been living in a flat for the past 8 years. I'm in Love with my garden, even though it's tiny and even though the bit where I'm allowed to grow veg is a small oblong down the end (apparently space to relax and enjoy the outside world is slightly more important that courgettes on the doorstep). Unfortunately, the snails like it even more than me. which is a shame.

So... next plan is to work out how to move up the 4 year waiting list for an allotment (Albyn Road is the one I'm aiming for, if anyone knows it).

I've joined this forum because it keeps coming up whenever I search for anything even remotely green-fingered, so i thought i should tap into this huge, all-knowing brain out there, and maybe even become part of it. Maybe one day i'll actually be able to answer someone else's query, though i feel that may be some way off yet...

The reason i signed up today is that my broad beans have gone a bit weird - discoloured and wilting leaves and flowers drying up. But i guess i need to go somewhere else to ask that question (though feel free to answer now!).

See you around, if the snails don't get me first...

[shirlthegirl43]

Hi and welcome to the vine. Sorry, not able to advise much on your broad beans, I am growing them for the first time myself. Mind you, the flowers do sort of dry up just before the pods appear, have you checked to see if there are any developing?

[Cloud]

As shirlthegirl43 says the flowers do dry up before the pods appear.You do not say what type of soil you have,cly,sand ect.It sounds to me that they are short of water as beans need loads.Hope this helps.