How have your french beans been this year please?

richyrich7 · « **Reply #15 on:** August 11, 2008, 21:06 »

Quote from: "DD."

Quote from: "richyrich7"
Quote from: "DD."

Mine don't climb much above a 7" cane stuck well in the ground

Very dwarf then DD.

Never could get the hand of these new measurements. :oops:

chickchick · « **Reply #16 on:** August 11, 2008, 21:42 »

we had loads of beans, eaten lots, frozen 6 bags and given away some and still have more growing! :oops: sorry

cooperman · « **Reply #17 on:** August 13, 2008, 00:15 »

hmmm
me dwarf beens are going bonkers, had bags of them (golden rule is water water water)
climbing french are just getting underway, but had a few crops off them,

the runners are producing well, secret again with all beans is once they start fruiting up water water water......

write - off to by a another freezer to put all the beans in

Trillium · « **Reply #18 on:** August 13, 2008, 04:12 »

For the 2nd year running, I had to reseed my french beans 3 times before they started to crop. I think something eats them but not sure what. We don't get flying rats here nor foxes so I suspect mice or some sort of bug. Now they're cropping well. Think I finally used Ferrari. My Beurre de Rocquencourts did very well from one direct seeding and I'm leaving all my beans for a 2nd flowering. The runners are taking over the yard.

Noah'strolly · « **Reply #19 on:** August 13, 2008, 08:15 »

All my peas and beans needed resowing. I blamed the mice but some of it might have been just really slow gerimination due to a dry spell earlier in the year as I now have peas and climbing french beans where I gave up on the peas and sowed beans

Sadgit · « **Reply #20 on:** August 13, 2008, 08:51 »

my climbers are doing ok (ish)... got to a certain height and something is eating the growing tips so they have now stopped

muddywellies · « **Reply #21 on:** August 13, 2008, 09:26 »

We've had about 8lbs off our dwarf french beans so far. They are 'Safari' and 'Purple Queen' from Mr Fothergills. I think we have about 24 plants all together. The Purple Queen have been particularly prolific.

yummy · « **Reply #22 on:** August 13, 2008, 10:17 »

Thanks for all the replies. Either I have bad seed then, or I doing summat wrong. Will try again next year with some different varieties.

I'm going to put my autumn broad beans in that bed over winter.

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How have your french beans been this year please?

Trillium