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Title: Dwarf beans
Post by: gixer on July 31, 2008, 17:56:11
Does any one know why my Dwarf beans look like they have been crossed with a Zebra!!!!
They have all these black stripes on them, the plants look healthy and they don't have any leasions on them??
Thanks Gill
Title: Re: Dwarf beans
Post by: Rhubarb Thrasher on July 31, 2008, 18:03:25
what's their name? It's probably supposed to (maybe). Borlotti beans for example are a thing of beauty before you even eat them
Title: Re: Dwarf beans
Post by: gixer on July 31, 2008, 18:06:24
they are thomson amd morgans Tender green and the picture on the packet shows clean green beans
thanks
Title: Re: Dwarf beans
Post by: Rhubarb Thrasher on July 31, 2008, 18:18:30
you're quite right! Are you near Sellafield?
Title: Re: Dwarf beans
Post by: manicscousers on July 31, 2008, 18:21:28
is it the leaves or beans?
we've grown tendergreen and they were just that, green  ???
Title: Re: Dwarf beans
Post by: gixer on July 31, 2008, 21:43:55
sorry i'm late replying but i had to nip out

its the bean pods that are striped but the beans inside the pod look fine and so does the plant + leaves

i'm in leicester so no not near sella field

oh and my husband put lime around them a few weeks ago ( not sure if he should have) i'm wondering if that might have affected them

the bloke a couple of plots down said he had some like it last year and just ate them, he said they tasted fine, no side affects!!
Gill
Title: Re: Dwarf beans
Post by: ceres on July 31, 2008, 22:12:52
I grow Tendergreen too and they're green.  Email T&M - you might get a voucher for your 'disappointment'.
Title: Re: Dwarf beans
Post by: ninnyscrops on July 31, 2008, 22:22:33
My Kings seed tendergreen came up this year with stripes - still taste good though ;)