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French Beans

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  • mardatha
    mardatha Posts: 15,612 Forumite
    Ah ok, I thought they would b e crawling with caterpillers or something lol
  • wellused
    wellused Posts: 1,678 Forumite
    The only thing that attacked mine were slugs in wet weather.
  • ALIBOBSY
    ALIBOBSY Posts: 4,527 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    wellused wrote: »
    The only thing that attacked mine were slugs in wet weather.

    This I would second in spades, slugs REALLY love the baby bean shoots so we found the only way around this was to do the toilet roll planting thing and get them a bit bigger before they go out. I also surround them with crushed egg shells, just been crushing a load of saved shells this morning lol. Mind you we have chickens so always lots of eggs and shells. They then break down in the soil and feed the seedlings so I use them around alot of seedlings.

    Ali x
    "Overthinking every little thing
    Acknowledge the bell you cant unring"

  • Agree with all of the above..especially the notes about slugs and cones..another advantage is that they freeze well
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