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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: Teej on April 18, 2007, 10:02:43

Title: French Beans - Cobra
Post by: Teej on April 18, 2007, 10:02:43
I was very knidly sent some Cobra climbing french beans by somebody on here & just wanted to check when you would plant them.
I've already done a couple of sowings of dwarf beans & will do more over the next few weeks but I've not tried climbing ones before.  I'll just do one sowing and want to make the most of the seeds.
Ideas welcome please.
Thanks a lot.
Title: Re: French Beans - Cobra
Post by: tim on April 18, 2007, 10:26:09
As for the others.

Cobra's good.
Title: Re: French Beans - Cobra
Post by: Tee Gee on April 18, 2007, 14:57:27
Can't help I'm afraid I am growing this variety for the first time this year.

Sowed some on the 12th and noticed they are on the move, i.e. the compost has heaved a little.

Would expect them to emerge in the next couple of days.
Title: Re: French Beans - Cobra
Post by: davyw1 on April 18, 2007, 17:44:24
I have grown Cobra for a couple of years now and found them to be good croppers. Her in doors would not eat a French bean till i grew them now i cant grow enough.
Title: Re: French Beans - Cobra
Post by: saddad on April 18, 2007, 18:29:15
Always good to change someones mind on a vegetable...
;D
Title: Re: French Beans - Cobra
Post by: Teej on April 19, 2007, 16:38:32
Hurrah - we're back!!

Thanks for your help again folks.  I usually grow far too may dwarf french beans, eat thousands, give thousands away & freeze the few thousand that are left!  I was kindly offered some Cobra so thought I'd try those too.  I'll look like a french bean if they all grow as well as last year's!
Title: Re: French Beans - Cobra
Post by: cleo on April 19, 2007, 17:07:44
Cobra is good
Title: Re: French Beans - Cobra
Post by: Trevor_D on April 19, 2007, 19:55:24
It's one of the best. I'm sowing mine next week.

(Blauhilde is pretty good too.)