Runner beans

[Bing]

pulled them all up today (...they are wrapped up with blackflys) as it had been a horror to watch for most of this season. I tried not to look at them every time i go there and I thought I just keep them so the blackfly doesn't affect other plants.

now peace

[Bing]

[strawberry1]

why don`t you just sow the dwarf french beans like maxi? I threw some in the ground as I had a space and tbh they have been enormously successful. Not enough time for runners now imo

[shirlton]

We didn't have any black fly on the broad beans this year. Only grown Cherokee and Kew Blue for shelling and they are free from the blackfly. I will say they are having a feast on the dahlias though

[jesssands]

I must be soo lucky, my beans are growing just like normal.
Hoping to make some runner bean chutney this year.

[goodlife]

My runners are generally ok..few that I have growing near broad beans have been attacked with black fly, but it is nothing devastating..nor the broadbeans are that much troubled by them.
All my runners are bit late..first pickable size pods are only just getting ready...that is only few. All plants have LOADS of flowers though and they seem to be visited by bees..nice buzz going on
And then I have these few plants that I originally planted for 'bit of greenery' in back yard and 'what pods they will produce are for seed'. WELL..5 plants planted in 2 buckets...few 9 ft canes tied to various bits of plumbing outside wall for plants to climb on...they have past all the support that I provided...carried on twining around waste pipe..romped away and got themselves tied around copper gas pipe that feed the heater in loft and carried on growing so much that they are just about a foot from the roof tiles!!!..
In some places the gap between pipe and wall was bit tight for the plant to find its own way round..so I opened upstairs window, reached out to give helping hand and twined the tips into right direction
I didn't plan the plants to do such amount of growth and I thought those 9 ft canes would have been plenty(they only got florist bucket full of compost to grow they roots in), but once they wanted to romp away, I can't stop them for the effort they make. Now my interest for 'giant bean stalk' has been woken up and next year I'm going to have a go purposely growing a BIG ONES
Apparently world record is 43 ft!!!!! Umm...how tall is my house with chimney and aerial?
Neighbours will think I have gone totally bonkers 

[Pescador]

Mine all got blown down by that wind on Saturday night! I've been picking like mad for 3 weeks and have plenty in the freezer, so I pulled them all up, harvested everything on them and put them on the compost.
Shortest runner season ever!!

[Digeroo]

Have you any idea of what has done the gnawing.  Rabbits are rather fond of runner beans. It was very difficult when we had a pet rabbit, I used to put a wooden barrier round.   Luckily  it did not dig underneath.   The wood was very thin so it did not manage to get over the top either.  Prefered going under tree roots.

I am having problems with back door bees.  Rather than go in the flower they drill a hole in the back of the flower, then all the bees use the easy way, but then the flowers drop off.  But I am finally getting enough.  My later sowing is yet to start producing.  Hope it will start in September.

[Robert_Brenchley]

My runners are just starting. The Frenchies haven't even got that far, but there's time yet.