Is this normal for beans? Is this bug my friend?

 


Hello,

I'm trying to grow dwarf french beans in a pot.  It's flowering quite a
bit, and
I've put a pot of dwarf sweet peas by it to encourage
pollinators.  The leaves
are looking a bit sad though, and I'm wondering
how long before I can tell if
the flowers are actually going to go to
seed.  

There are a few of a certain kind of bug hanging out on the plant, and
I'm
wondering if they're helping by predating on pests or if they are
themselves
pests..I'd be grateful if you could look at the photos below
:)

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Mitulove

 


Mitulove;893759 Wrote:

and I've put a pot of dwarf sweet peas by it to encourage

> pollinators.  The

leaves are looking a bit sad though, and I'm wondering

> how long before I can

tell if the flowers are actually going to go to

wondering if they're helping by predating on pests or if they are

> themselves

pests..I'd be grateful if you could look at the photos below

I would assume that those are goodies. As a rule of thumb, slow moving
things
are often pests, fast moving things are predators. Also pests
tend to rely on
producing offspring rapidly and in bulk, so you get tend
to get dozens of them
on each leaf.

You shouldn't have too much problem with dwarf french beans in a pot.
You can
tell whether the flowers are going to seed when the flowers
wither and fall off
- either they'll be a minute bean waiting to grow,
or there won't. You could try
spraying the flowers with water - there's
a suggestion in another thread that
runner bean set better if misted
daily.

Have you considered growing climbing french beans instead? Much more
bean for
your pot. I have a big slug problem, so I grow my french beans
in pots in the
greenhouse, where they clamber all over the roof
supports. They're a lot better
at setting than runners.




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kay

 

On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:29:13 +0000, Mitulove


Globiceps cruciatus
Common on oak trees May -July ,it feeds on the young leaves and
catkins and also attacks small inscts and their eggs.