Is it worth sowing any more Runner Beans. First lot are no good and don,t know whether to try again. or is it to late.
Yes you can. We're all gambling on the weather improving, so it's certainly worth a try. You won't get a long cropping period, but the young tender beans are the nicest, anyway.
Mine are only about a foot high. Yours might well overtake mine the way things are going.
Here in Glasgow, my runners are over 6 ft tall and flowering.
Quote from: Robert_Brenchley on July 17, 2012, 13:10:08
Mine are only about a foot high. Yours might well overtake mine the way things are going.
Sorry to hear that, here the runners are doing much better than the french beans. They are up the poles and have started flowering.
I have flowers on my Gigandes which surprises me so with a bit of luck if the weather keeps going I may get a harvest after all
XX Jeannine
I have about eight plants doing well covered in flowers, pity about the rest. Other people on site seem to have done better. >:(
St George which really did well in drought, seems to really hate the rain.
Batch moonlight sown mid June with slug pellets are looking good but only about 12 inches tall.
On the East coast my St Georges are over 6ft high and full of lovely flowers. I'd grown them a previous year and had seed saved and had liked them but I hear it is variable. No visible pods set yet........maybe I should spray the flowers as it's been so dry.
*runs and ducks*
We've had plenty of rain though not the Biblical deluges that the rest of the country has suffered but my allotment is on lighish soil, laid out in well draining beds on the top of a hill (the East Anglian sorta bout 80 foot high)
AS I grow Gigandas (and prefer french beans to runners anyway) I don't grow runners... but if I did and was trying to get some through now I'd go for a dwarf one... IIRC it's called Hestia
one plant about a foot high with flowers - all the others decimated by slugs/snails - & I was worried that I'd grown too many just for me!
I have grown firestorm and moonlight self pollinating from Marshall's both are doing well if a little slow.
Quote from: harrys dad on July 17, 2012, 05:45:53
Is it worth sowing any more Runner Beans. First lot are no good and don,t know whether to try again. or is it to late.
I feel sorry for people who post very reasonable questions. Except for Melbourne12, there were no helpful answers to 'harrys dad's' original query. Too full of themselves to dive in with THEIR current growing position.
KEEP TO THE BRIEF!!
OK Rant over. Now assist the guy!!
Yes I reckon that it's worth a try as I sowed some yesterday. It's the third lot as the others simply didn't germinate in the soggy ground or got eaten by slugs if they did.
As to the question is it too late that really depends on the weather over the coming months. If it's good then I may well get some pods in October, if not then roll on next year!
Monty said on Friday to sow French beans now so it's well worth a try. He said there are still lots of things to sow
I've had to sow a load more today as most of mine either didn't germinate or were sluggedd!! So hope they will do something..
Sorry, point taken. Often replies are to previous posts and not the original one. I sowed some dwarf runner beans last week in a deep tub - Hestia - hoping for a late crop. It's in the greenhouse for maximum heat until the first leaves are well up then it will go outside. If I'd had a disaster with a previous sowing I would certainly resow at this point. Hot weather will make runners grow fast and you could well get an excellent late crop.
My reply is yes but start them in pots to guard against slugs and use good compost.
Quote from: telboy on July 22, 2012, 18:33:04
Quote from: harrys dad on July 17, 2012, 05:45:53
Is it worth sowing any more Runner Beans. First lot are no good and don,t know whether to try again. or is it to late.
I feel sorry for people who post very reasonable questions. Except for Melbourne12, there were no helpful answers to 'harrys dad's' original query. Too full of themselves to dive in with THEIR current growing position.
KEEP TO THE BRIEF!!
OK Rant over. Now assist the guy!!
'Thread drift' happens all the time and in just about every thread ........ ;D it happened
after the question had been answered by Melbourne - nothing to add to his answer from my side without knowing why Harry's Dad's first batch of beans was 'no good'. Thread drift happens, because A4A is a friendly, chatty and sympathetic group :)
And whilst we were chatting about runnerbeans generally, we are all very ready to listen to and answer supplementary questions to assist Harrys Dad :) or anybody else.
I sowed some a couple of weeks back, they were lovely plants. Planted out on Tuesday, eaten by thursday. I have some more and a 'cunning plan' to get them to survive so, go ahead, nothing ventured and all that ;D