Bored Bean Flowers

[binley100]

Where have my bored bean flowers gone? I can see where they were attached and they're not on the ground so what little pest have I got to deal with now please ?

[Ruud]

it doesnt matter , you dont need them once they drop

[chris]

Where have my bored bean flowers gone? I can see where they were attached and they're not on the ground so what little pest have I got to deal with now please ?

Fraudian Slip ?

[rustylady]

Fraudian Slip ?

No Chris, if you read back through forum posts, you will see that a lot of us refer to broad beans as bored beans - dunno why, but it's stuck.

[chris]

bah ! I must be the only bored person in work then

[binley100]

it doesnt matter , you dont need them once they drop

They're disappearing before they've set . Theres just the stalks.

[rustylady]

Where are they growing Binley?

[binley100]

At the lottie , in the ground, Never had a problem last year.

[rustylady]

Not being pollinated, or maybe the ground's too dry?

[binley100]

That was my first thought but I'd expect to see the flowers on the ground , it looks like somethings bitten them all neatly off.

[Suky]

There is a type of bee that cuts through the back of the flower to get the pollen, kills the flower. I had problems with my runners last year. Couldn't work out what it was until I saw the litlle bu**ers at work.
Maybe the blooms are brown and shrivelled on the ground and you can't see them.

[binley100]

Could be the culprit then. We've had loads of different bees as they're round the raspberries like the proverbial.........