What a disaster

[spanish_gardener]

Last week, I transplanted my broad beans, pak choi and semposai. Before, they were in pots in my garden, which is windy and dark. Today I went to the allotment and there were only four pak choi left and they have wee holes. The broad beans didn't look better. I took a picture with my mobile and the quality is not good. It looks like frost damaged, but the weather has been lovely... And the semposais are gone. Everything was under a net and protected from the wind, even the pak choi had brassica collars.

[Two_Sheds]

the weather has been lovely...

... and at night?

[Two_Sheds]

there were only four pak choi left and they have wee holes.

I can't tell what that is in your photo.

Holes + pak choi = slugs, surely?

[Alison]

I thought maybe slugs too. I can't see too well on your photo but there doesn't look to be frost damage and if your beans have been hardened off then they should have been OK with cold.

[lottie dolly]

the little hole on the pak choi sound like flea beetle ,

if the b beans all nibled around the edges,it's a(name escapes me at the mo)they should be ok and still grow up to produce beans,

[Jardiniere]

flea beatle is the only thing that I spray......hate using it but if i dont i cant grow any brassicas at all...

[spanish_gardener]

... and at night?

Hi Two Sheds. All the plants were in my back garden before, even when we have the snows and they were fine. I moved everything to the allotment last weekend and everything went wrong. At night the weather is cold, but it is cold and it was weeks before. The broad beans Aquadulce Claudia are specially damaged.

[spanish_gardener]

I thought maybe slugs too. I can't see too well on your photo but there doesn't look to be frost damage and if your beans have been hardened off then they should have been OK with cold.

Hi Alison. I'll put some slug pellets and I will upload a better picture later. The quality of the camera of my mobile is not good at all.

[spanish_gardener]

the little hole on the pak choi sound like flea beetle ,

if the b beans all nibled around the edges,it's a(name escapes me at the mo)they should be ok and still grow up to produce beans,

I saw a couple of big black beetles. Are we speaking about the same insects?

[spanish_gardener]

flea beatle is the only thing that I spray......hate using it but if i dont i cant grow any brassicas at all...

Hi Jardiniere! I do not want to use chemicals either, but like you say, sometimes it's the only way we can grow some vegetables.

[spanish_gardener]

I have placed same collars made with bottles to protect the beans against the wind, although I do not think the damaged has been caused by the wind. Like I said, the broad beans were in my back garden before, since day one. My back garden is dark and windy. We had lots of rains and snow during weeks and they were perfect. It was when I moved them to the allotment (with the good weather) when they started looking poor.

[MarkHackwell]

Last week, I transplanted my broad beans, pak choi and semposai. Before, they were in pots in my garden, which is windy and dark. Today I went to the allotment and there were only four pak choi left and they have wee holes. The broad beans didn't look better. I took a picture with my mobile and the quality is not good. It looks like frost damaged, but the weather has been lovely... And the semposais are gone. Everything was under a net and protected from the wind, even the pak choi had brassica collars.

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Im not sure what is is, it looks like it could have been the frost as they have gone black and it is quite unseasonably cold at the moment. Isnt it a bit early for pak choi yet? they like the nice warm sunny weather and having looked at the packet it says sow june or july.

[Creemteez]

Slugs. Probably the little black b****rs that live underground and just come out at night. In mu experience they do the most damage. All is not lost, though - at least as far as your broadies are concerned - hough I'd take some pretty drastic "protection" action if I were you.

[Two_Sheds]

I do not want to use chemicals either, but like you say, sometimes it's the only way we can grow some vegetables.

Or, accept defeat and grow something else. I don't spray for flea beetle, I just accept that I can't grow decent radishes on the lotty

(I do them in the gh at home)

[Feral007]

Pak choy is an over wintering plant? Here if you don't plant it in cold seasons it just bolts in 5 mins. I would have thought it woud stand up to some cold. Mine has some holes atm, thinking slugs/moth, not extensive tho.