WebSowing runner beans indoors. Fill small pots with multipurpose compost. With a dibber or pencil, make a hole 5cm (2in) deep in the compost and drop in a bean seed. Plant one seed per pot and sow a few extra pots in case seeds fail to germinate or young plants are eaten by slugs and snails. Cover over with compost and firm it down gently. WebJuly 2015. Spray the things you really need to (eg runner & french beans) with a few drops of washing-up liquid in a sprayer and try and ignore the rest. Ladybirds and other predators will soon appear and rapidly multiply to clear them up. A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.

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WebHow do I keep blackfly off my runner beans? You can use slug pellets, beer traps or place copper rings around the stems of young plants. If you favour a less aggressive form of slug deterrent you can cover the soil around the plants with crushed oyster or eggshells, gardening grit or sharp gravel. WebKT53 Posts: 7,714. April 2016. Sparrows also used to attack the buds on my clematis. I netted them over and now problem free. No birds caught in the netting either thankfully. If needs be I'll do the same with the runner beans, although no problem with them in the past. WebRemember the ‘cauliflower stomp’ I do before I plant my cauliflowers, to tread the ground down so it is firm (as this helps to stop cauliflowers from ‘blowing’)…. I thought I would show you proof that it works: I’m very proud … diaphoresis and hypoglycemia