The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Growing => Vegetables => Topic started by: wannabesmallholder on June 22, 2017, 09:56:06 pm
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I've had rabbits in my veg patch :rant:
They've done a lot of damage - completely destroyed the beans (runners and dwarf French), lettuce, beetroot and the sweetcorn is looking pretty sorry for itself - not sure if it'll come back.....
I'm redoing the fencing tomorrow as think I've found where they're getting in. Is it worth re-sowing the beans? Do I have time to still get a decent crop?
Was thinking about buying some sweetcorn plants to replace the damaged lot, but not sure if it's even too late for small plants for sweetcorn?
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Runner beans take about 4 weeks from sowing until they just start to run up their poles, then a few weeks more before they crop. So that would take you into September. If you've got seeds to hand, then why not give it a go. Dwarf french beans will certainly produce a crop from sowings now, if you can keep the bunnies away. I don't think the corn will come back, and I doubt you would get a crop now from fresh sowings, but anything's worth a try. Lettuce and beetroot will crop fine from sowings now. :garden: