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I rather resent that fact the house has a tile roof, it would be amazing to have a glass atrium on top of the house and use the lost heat rising from the house to grow things all winter.
Sholls - could you have a rumage and find out the variety? The thought of eating home grown beans that early is very temmpting!
what about pollination, not much bees and insect life around
Quotewhat about pollination, not much bees and insect life around As far as I know French style beans are self fertile. They come up true to type if you save the seeds. No good trying with runners. I also remember reading somewhere (so take this with a pinch of salt) that black seeded varieties are more cold hardly than white.I managed to get a courgette and some runners through -4 degrees C. I have a minigreen house and I covered it with piles of old clothes/blankets and plastic dust sheets, having put several plastic milk bottles full of warm water inside. Actually doomed the runners a few days later when they got too hot.I might also put some near to the water butt. Water is rather odd because it has a maximum density at 4 degrees, so the ice forms at the top, and the bottom of the butt will be at 4 degrees until the whole thing freshes, which is unlikely in this country.I do not think that taste can be too much of a consideration, (the supermarket ones don't taste of much).I managed to get some Duchy Originals for 50p, so they were dug by a man, who worked for a man, who looked at a girl, who talked to the Prince of Wales. ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: Digeroo on August 19, 2009, 20:17:15I rather resent that fact the house has a tile roof, it would be amazing to have a glass atrium on top of the house and use the lost heat rising from the house to grow things all winter.D Only a gardener would think like this, i'm loving the idea ...