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qahtan
Hectare
Posts: 622
Niagara Peninsula, ontario,,, canada.
Runner beans
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September 08, 2009, 15:39:19 »
This is a question from Gerry.
Are you still picking Scarlet Runners in UK, I ask because a friend of mine in Rustington, Sussex was telling me yesterday on the telephone that theirs were finished a while ago. that was early wasn't it ?????
Ours are still going, enough to have for dinner, haven't had an abundant crop this year, but what there are are a lot better that the green or yellow wax beans that are eaten over here. qahtan
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saddad
Hectare
Posts: 17,896
Derby, Derbyshire (Strange, but true!)
Re: Runner beans
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Reply #1 on:
September 08, 2009, 15:45:27 »
I still have loads of Scarlet Emperor and expect to be picking them to the end off this month, :)
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Flighty
Hectare
Posts: 2,680
Re: Runner beans
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September 08, 2009, 15:47:14 »
I'm still picking mine,
White Emergo
, but they were late flowering. Some people have said that it wasn't a bumper crop this year.
Quite a lot of things were early this year. For instance blackberries are already finished but usually we've only just started picking them!
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pamsdish
Quarter Acre
Posts: 72
Re: Runner beans
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Reply #3 on:
September 08, 2009, 15:53:08 »
I started picking mine mid July and i am still picking now, not so big and not so many but still very tasty .They were Armstrong
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ceres
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Hectare
Posts: 3,140
Re: Runner beans
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Reply #4 on:
September 08, 2009, 15:59:58 »
I'm all beaned out so I'm leaving those still being produced to dry on the plants for podding and storing dried.
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Chrispy
Hectare
Posts: 1,052
Re: Runner beans
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Reply #5 on:
September 08, 2009, 16:01:02 »
I still have loads of Scarlet E and Lady Di.
My sister lives near Rustington, she does not grow her own veg, but I gave her a squash plant to go in her garden, but it is not doing well as there is so windy down there by the sea.
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qahtan
Hectare
Posts: 622
Niagara Peninsula, ontario,,, canada.
Re: Runner beans
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Reply #6 on:
September 08, 2009, 16:04:44 »
Thanks.
So I don't know what Jean and Peter must have done about theirs, and they usually freeze a lot.
Our runners are just that, runner beans, beans saved from one year to the next. Gerry Specials I suppose. ;-)))))
qahtan
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Trevor_D
Hectare
Posts: 1,623
north-west London
Re: Runner beans
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Reply #7 on:
September 08, 2009, 16:22:09 »
Still picking mine, even though they've slowed down quite a bit recently - thank goodness! Everyone on our site has had bumper crops this year. Must be the micro-climate, or something - either that or we've got a very hefty water bill waiting for us!
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macmac
Hectare
Posts: 1,873
weston super mare
Re: Runner beans
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Reply #8 on:
September 08, 2009, 16:52:33 »
Would still be picking ours if they hadn't blown over :'(
Ours are saved seed
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1066
Hectare
Posts: 4,390
And all that ..... in Hastings
Re: Runner beans
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Reply #9 on:
September 08, 2009, 17:27:16 »
Yup still picking them in here. hasn't been a great year for them - a bit on the dry side, but frankly I'm happy not to have too many as they aren't my favourite bean.....
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tomatoada
Hectare
Posts: 1,621
south birmingham
Re: Runner beans
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Reply #10 on:
September 08, 2009, 17:34:22 »
Mine were slow to start and now have gone mad. I think I will be picking for another 2-4 weeks.
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cornykev
Hectare
Posts: 9,893
Sunny Cheshunt just outside North London
Re: Runner beans
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Reply #11 on:
September 08, 2009, 19:10:56 »
I'm still picking mine, a couple more weeks I reckon. ;D ;D ;D
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plot51A
Hectare
Posts: 762
Norfolk - we do diff'rent!
Re: Runner beans
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Reply #12 on:
September 08, 2009, 19:54:26 »
Still picking here, first beans the first week in July and they have been going ever since. As others have said, slowed down now, but still covered in flowers and should see us through the next 2 weeks till we go away on hols. Love 'em ;D
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richardh5678
Not So New ...
Posts: 21
Re: Runner beans
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Reply #13 on:
September 08, 2009, 20:54:53 »
Just started picking mine! disaster after disaster earlier in the year: wet, slugs, more wet, more slugs... A very late sowing in July just beginning bear fruit. looking good for the nex couple of weeks.
Richard
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angle shades
Hectare
Posts: 1,532
Lincoln,Lincolnshire
Re: Runner beans
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Reply #14 on:
September 08, 2009, 21:10:30 »
:D we are freezing them as we have so many,they were slow starters though until we had lots of rain, and I water them every day,
we grow Scarlet Emperor and St George / shades x
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annppayne
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Posts: 39
Re: Runner beans
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Reply #15 on:
September 08, 2009, 22:45:40 »
Have grown Scarlet Emperor and Painted Lady on separate wigwams. My allotment is on a hill and is very exposed and so wind has been a problem this year. I find wigwams are more stable than rows, but the beans are more difficult to find. Have now learnt to plant them close to the water trough and water them each time I pick, just to show my gratitude.
Have recently fed them with Miracle Grow which has given them a last minute boost.
Ann
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Barnowl
Hectare
Posts: 3,738
getting back to my roots [SW London]
Re: Runner beans
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Reply #16 on:
September 11, 2009, 14:43:55 »
Still going, particularly the later planting- Enorma, Scarlet Emperor and Scarlet Empire.
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