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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: Moggle on June 01, 2004, 09:22:41
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I have finally given in and bought some French Bean seeds, Cobra variety ;D ;D
Now I just have to wait for my potatoes (in containers) to be ready as I have no space anywhere else to grow the beans.
What I really want to know is, if I sow seeds in individual pots outside, how long it would be before they are ready to transplant to their final growing place(two 15" x 15" pots). I don't expect the spuds to be ready for another 2-4 weeks. I have guessed about 3 weeks, but want to know if this is wrong. :-\
I got so excited with buying the seeds that I jumped the gun as usual and sowed a bunch yesterday, I will leave them outside to germinate and not need to harden them off.
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As an example, sowed 23/4, put out 16/5. = Tim
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Moggle,
3 weeks might be a bit short.
I grew some in modules in a propagator (~20 degrees) and they took 4 weeks to reach planting out size
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OK, so 3-4 weeks was a reasonable estimation, I am glad to hear that. Thanks Phil and Tim
Now I just have to hope for some sun and warmth, so the beans will germinate. :)
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Moggle, you do realise that cobra are a climbing french bean variety? (well the ones I am growing are! ;D) And by the way, they are heavy croppers and delicious!!!
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Yep, I know they're climbing, going to put up a little wigwam of canes in the pots. I have a feeling that the canes I've got aren't going to be tall enough though :-\
Glad to hear that they are yummy and heavy croppers, make best use of my limited space! ;D ;D
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went down to lottie this evening and saw green shoots of my french beans poking through!
The joys of gardening ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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I have just planted out my Tendergreen french beans - do these need canes too? When can I expect to be harvesting? ???
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Justy check out http://cgi.www.johnsons-seeds.com/cgi-bin/www.johnsons-seeds.com/detail/detailmain.pl?code=0524&groupID=119&type=1 (http://cgi.www.johnsons-seeds.com/cgi-bin/www.johnsons-seeds.com/detail/detailmain.pl?code=0524&groupID=119&type=1)
They look good!
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Excellent site DP, it tells me that my Cobra beans grow to 1.3 m (4 Ft), which is exactly the height of the canes I have. :D
And Hurrah! Debs to your bean germination ;D Hope mine germinate soon in this sun.
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Mine have all been munched overnight?! :'( I HATE slugs >:(
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Oh Nooooooo :( :(
Death to all slugs!!! >:(
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What a good site DorisP. Have bookmarked it for future reference - useful one to have. Thanks. :) busy_lizzie
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Death isn't good enough for them Moggle! ;D
Was pure chance I came across that site BL, will have to go back and have a better look meself ;D
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DP I just consider myself very lucky that slugs seem to have a hard time climbing up to the second floor! ;D ;D
I seem to not have any slugs at all. Shame I can't say the same thing about aphids :-\
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;D Moggle! Seem to be a lot of them Aphids about this year!!
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Aphids, dont talk to me about aphids Moggle. I have 8 mature sycamore trees in the garden and every leaf is covered in the little b****rs. >:( There isnt that much derris dust in the world. When I go out into the garden I come in looking like the Not So Jolly Green Giant :'(
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As long as the aphids are on the sycamore and not my beans.... etc...
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Sending some your way M.V. :D ;D :D
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Well I sowed some beans on 31 may, and quite a few were starting to emerge from the compost yesterday :D
Now I just have to wait for them to be big enough to plant out, oh and the pot to be empty of spuds. :)