Topic: Think I have just guaranteed that we have a frost tonight.... Sorry!

[Justy]

I KNOW that it is too early and I KNOW that I shouldn't have done it but I needed to get them out of the way so....

I planted out my French Beans!     ::)

[asbean]

so did i  ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)

[pippy]

Oh no ... me too.   :'( :'(

I started Blue Lake (my usual sort) and Cosse Violette and was blown away by how quickly the Cosse Violette grew!  They are twice the size of the Blue lake and were tangling up with each other so had to go out now.

Think I'd better set another tray tomorrow  ;D

[DaveR]

I KNOW that it is too early and I KNOW that I shouldn't have done it but I needed to get them out of the way so....

I planted out my French Beans!     ::)

Me too, but I planted the seeds straight into the ground. Were yours seedlings? I wonder if I should have done that instead ???

It'll be a miracle if anything grows on my allotment this year - I'm making it all up as I go along!

[Justy]

Seeds are fine Dave - mine were 8 inch high plants!!  Every year I forget how quickly they grow  :)

At least if they get frost bitten I can still plant some more straight in the ground!

btw Dave - making it up as you go along is all part of the fun!

[STEVEB]

Remember the possibilities of frost till june

[Larkshall]

I transplanted my runner beans and dwarf beans yesterday, should be OK in Cambridgeshire. If frost is likely, I shall cover some leaving a few for an experiment which is effective on potatoes, watering the frost off before sunrise. A workmate did this in Norfolk (Breckland) in the 1950's and saved 1/2 acre of potatoes.

[Kea]

Last year, larkshall, many people on my plot (in Cambridgeshire) planted their beans this early and lost them all!

I'd only just sown mine...this year i haven't got that far!

[hopalong]

I planted some of mine out on 19 April, with netting around the canes - Barlotta di Fuoco, Blue Lake and Neckar Queen, grown in pots. A bit of slug damage on a couple of them, but otherwise they seem to be flourishing (fingers crossed).

[Deb P]

I put out six rows of dwarf french beans under cloches last week, which will stay on until our open day on the 7th June......I've been caught out by frost on June 2nd and lost all of my beans before............. :-\ I've yet to sow the climbers...... ::)

[pippy]

I don't have any cloches, let alone six! 

I usually do 3 sowings of climbing beans anyway - the first one is a gamble for an early harvest, the next one (now) will be the main one and the last one will be planting direct at the beginning of June.  I find I get the crops staggered for longer that way!

The way I figure it you get 200 plus beans in a packet so 24 in a seed tray with a bit of compost is a lot cheaper and less time consuming for me and my budget!

Having said that I bet you get the first harvest Debs  :P :P :D

[N8R]

mine have been out about 3 weeks and are doing  fine ;D....n8r

[shirlton]

I'm waiting until the end of May to plant mine out. Don't see the point of doing the same job twice

[Robert_Brenchley]

Same here, they wouldn't grow much earlier, even if we avoid frost. If they're not growing, then eventually the slugs get them.