Johnno's Outbox

many years ago I was told this story about short tongued bees...I was sceptical at the time but since then I have seen it many times. These bees bite a hole in the back of the bean flower to get at the pollen which causes it to drop off without setting.

I love clematii...this is lovely.

Thanks for that. It certainly doesn't sound like blight. It probably is a watering problem. The plants in the middle of the greenhouse are ok - its only the ones near the door (the end that gets the sun all day) . I do spray when the plants are smaller, but tend not to when they are bigger (4' plus) so maybe I ought to spray all the time then.

John

shows different blooms on the same plant at the same time