One of the sowings of broad beans, Red Epicure is looking a bit sad - it has blackfly on, though I did spot a couple of ladybirds, plus it is suffering from chocolate spot. No flowers have set and am just wondering to cut my losses - the chocolate spot is affecting the higher leaves and will no doubt spread including onto any pods that set. I have other broad bean sowings in the plot that look better - may have touch of blackfly and/or a less severe infection of the spot. The overwintered lot of beans that had chocolate spot - the affected pods were small and wilted - they wouldn’t have produced a harvest. Do I run the risk of not having any, or cutting my losses and using the space for something else?
Elsewhere, the eggs that I found and photographed on the gooseberries in the last post, I have found some more similar eggs on hazelnut leaves - perhaps they weren’t sawflies. Will leave these to “hatch” - perhaps they are ladybirds.
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