disease on broadbeans

margaret fenn asked 15 years ago

i am a beginner and started broad bean seeds off in the greenhouse, they are now 4″ tall and looking well but they have got black shiny spots on the stems, the greenhouse has been heated, dont know what to do.

1 Answers

Gerry Daly Staff answered 7 years ago
Some varieties of broad beans have spot markings on the stems and this is normal. It is too early for balck bean aphid, a form of greenfly, as these do not usually appear until the flowers have formed.

Plant them out in the usual way when they have been hardened off for a week by being placed outdors by day.  

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