Broad Bean plants looking poor - with pics

[cazp]

My 2nd sowing of broad broad beans don't look like they are doing well.

Not only do they appear to have a bit of "chocolate spot" (I think?) but they have been nibbled quite badly as you can see from the pics- and there is no sign of the culprits.

Please can anyone advise what would be the best plan of action from here...?

[Matt94]

havent got a clue regarding the chocolate spot - but i think the snails/slugs are eating your BB's - chuck some pellets round them.

[wildside]

mine are looking like this too but the flowers are turning black and dropping off its the first time i have grown broad beans

[taff]

plant them outside.

[wildside]

mine are they have been out since november

[cazp]

Mine were sown outside in March

[Vince G]

mine have got choc spot quite seriously. The plants are about 2 feet tall (I planted them in November) and are covered in flowers, so if the pods can hurry up and get here, I'm hoping the choc spot shouldn't do any serious damage. It's this constant damp weather!!

[Florence Fennel]

I chucked in a few beans I found at the bottom of my seed box last Autumn. As I'm the only one who likes them I was unconcerned as to whether they were ok or not (I really, really dislike the black fly they always attract). They are the healthiest thing I've got in the garden at the moment. The snails are eating everything else, but leaving the beans alone! Hope you get a decent harvest despite the problems you seem to be having.

[taff]

haha! sorry they look like they're inside, or under a cloche or something...
now that I've gotten over that faux pas....there's nothing much you can do, just wait and do sun dances

[Two_Sheds]

Not slugs, those semi-circular notches are classic signs of pea leaf weevil ~ no remedy needed, it's only cosmetic damage

[rustylady]

mine are looking like this too but the flowers are turning black and dropping off its the first time i have grown broad beans

The flowers do turn black and drop off when the beans have set. It may be a while before you spot the beans though, they are tiny to start with.

[cazp]

Thanks for the link Twosheds I didnt think it was slugs as nothing else has been attacked in that bed... so Pea bean weevil seems the likely culprit - it must have come in in the new soil/compost I filled the beds with.

With the holes and chocolate spot the plants look a bit poor - will wait and see what happens and maybe they might pull through with good feeding.

(Hi Taff, yes you'r correct in that they are under an enviromesh cloche, outside in the garden).

[Two_Sheds]

it must have come in in the new soil/compost I filled the beds with.

They have wings

[rustylady]

(Hi Taff, yes you'r correct in that they are under an enviromesh cloche, outside in the garden).

Broad beans are completely hardy and don't need to be under any kind of cloche.

[taff]

I was reading something last night about mulching round plants to stop the rain splashing and causing spots, but true to form, I can't remember if it was about roses or broad beans...I'll try and remember what I was reading...but I do remember that a good airflow was necessary.