Topic: Beans again!!!

[manicscousers]

Ours are all going mad now, runners by the carrier bag full. French beans  picking a good couple of pounds every other day and the dwarf french we put in later in the poly are producing now. Quite a few borlotti and dwarf borlotti filling out

[Ninnyscrops.]

Tis a social nattering time of year in the family, a 'what to grow for next year, any specifics', - my 1st one is on the top, the other two were bought for the children and made their way home again like the children .... ::)

It reminds me of learning how to slice the beans and of shucking peas with my Grandma and her asking me about schooldays  :)

Ninny

[Andy H]

Gave up with the bean slicer and converted to the kenwood chef due to quantity!!!

[Ninnyscrops.]

As I said, tis a social nattering event in our household, all quantities abounding  :)

Ninny

[Digeroo]

I pick mine much smaller and simply top and tail then slice down the middle.   No stringy bits.
Still only small quantities, a handful per day.

[chriscross1966]

I froze three takeaway punnet/plastic things full of Cobras last night.... if I get the same again and a bit more that will be enough for me... I've tons of broadies...

[goodlife]

My gigandas..

[antipodes]

My runners are already finished, the brief heatwave we had finished them off :( 
The Cobras have also been particularly bad this year however I am looking forward to my Borlottis which are almost ready. Silver lining and all that jazz :)

[Toshofthe Wuffingas]

Where can you buy Gigantes seed? I am tempted to try them next year.
I planted just over 20 St George runners in June and despite healthy appetites and eating them for lunch as well as dinners and giving a few away, the two of us can't keep up with them. Next year I will aim at planting 15 out and resowing 10 or 15 more after a month. We've hardly touched our Cobra french beans.

[Robert_Brenchley]

You could probably get some in the swaps here. Otherwise look for a Greek grocer, or someone from that general region.

[artichoke]

http://www.seedsofitaly.com/product/269

These are the same as Gigandes, also called Spagna blanca in some lists. Mine originally came from Greece, but did badly one year (after some good years - very wet autumn) so I tried these and could not see any difference at all.

A friend brought me back a kilo of gigandes from Greece this year, but germination was very poor. I think they must have been sitting on a shop shelf for too long, though it's nice that Jeannine's Greek beans grew well. I have managed to get about 10 plants growing, and they are setting well - time will tell if they manage to dry out properly.

Some of them have grown up into my large old apple tree, right up into the sun, so I hope they will dry well up there, and that I can haul them down with a rake eventually.....

[goodlife]

Where can you buy Gigantes seed? I am tempted to try them next year.
I planted just over 20 St George runners in June and despite healthy appetites and eating them for lunch as well as dinners and giving a few away, the two of us can't keep up with them. Next year I will aim at planting 15 out and resowing 10 or 15 more after a month. We've hardly touched our Cobra french beans.

Once I get my crop in..I'm sure there is few spare for you.. ;)