growing nothing more disaster

Thats it guys i am growing nothing more edible on this balcony total disaster.
1 green bean with 2 pods in it,patio tree dead, tomatoes zilch,blacberry and redberry bush total disaster dead and the fig tree is just about on its way out.
The only thing that is doing well is the vine over the arch, touch wood.

 

Morning, Rosa. I'm off the green beans and tomatoes as well. Can't do the blackberry and redberry (?) bushes here but my fig tree is okay. Had about 14 fruits in this its second year ... hurray!

 

morning LoL, your doing better than me at least thats one thing i get the pleasure of knowing everyone else is doing ok, can you imajine that 1 green bean with 2 beans put them in with my turnip on sunday they tasted ok just wished i,d had a few more. :D :D

 

:D But rosa, these plants don't do well on alcohol! :D

Seriously rosa, I think it has been a bad year weather wise, my runner beans have been very poor this year, tomatoes not great...nearly knackered already! Awful problems with whitefly this year, so don't give up on it - gardeners have to take the rough with the smooth!

 

Hi Dag, maybe a balcony is not the place for growing fruits as the climbers are taking over and doing very well.
maybe i should of given them a good swilling of a few of these :D :D

 

Rosa, you must be pushing gardening to the limits by growing in your circumstances, so can't expect too much success all the time, I think you have given it a brave try and done surprisingly well in the circumstances, and I am sure your efforts have been admired by others on here?

 

Thanks dag, it was a good idea at the time, next year i will just concentrate on my flowers and climbers as my clematis are growing fantastic each year so i cant complain can i.

 

Hi rosa, I think you manage really well, I have not had ANY green beans as the slugs have been having a field day ! I have got 2 plants which are just flowering now....

 

Rosa Sorry to hear about your disasters this year but don't give up. My brother in law has had no green beans this year either and he's been growing them for donkeys, a lot of other people have said the same so perhaps it's the weather/climate and not you.

 

hi liz and celia, have been noticing other members have had disasters this year especially with their beans, your probably right about the weather, although lol has had problems and she has a hotter climate in portugal suppose we just cant win whatever the weather.

 

Shiney.We have tried Polestar in the past,very good.This year we wre growing Enorma and a white/yellow variety called Mergoles.This one produces flowers,then beans later, so we get a longer growing season.

Ours are very slow,even after the heatwave.Loads of flowers,but not many beans, the leaves are shrivelling due to lack of water

Kandy

 

SHINEY, MY RUNNER BEANS HAS BEEN a disaster, for the first time in years. I will change to polestar in future.my broadbeans was the best crop ever. and grew it for the first time.my plot is the size of an allotment and this year IAM PUTTING WEED GROUND COVER as I am sick of the weeds when it rains.

 

so sorry to hear of everyones disasters must be very disheartning to say the least putting lots of crops in and having everything go wrong, it sounds very much like this global warming is having a bigger effect than we anticipated.