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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: Sideways on April 01, 2009, 14:55

Title: When to plant out runner beans?
Post by: Sideways on April 01, 2009, 14:55

My runner beans are coming through now, they're in pots in the poly-house.

They appear to be growing quite fast, when is the earliest I can transplant them to site?

I guess its a bit too early yet   :blush:

Title: Re: When to plant out runner beans?
Post by: mumofstig on April 01, 2009, 15:02

You are about a month early, and even then you would have to protect from late frosts ::)
Can't think how you'll manage to keep them growing between now and then...
sorry :unsure:

Title: Re: When to plant out runner beans?
Post by: beansticks on April 01, 2009, 15:36

I agree with MUM,i never sow my seeds until last week of Apr,and look to plant out in late May at the earliest.

Title: Re: When to plant out runner beans?
Post by: DD. on April 01, 2009, 16:11

Yep, way too early. Mine go out early June.

Title: Re: When to plant out runner beans?
Post by: Sideways on April 01, 2009, 16:28

OK, I thought I was a bit early. Nothing wasted, I was given seeds, 'fouzands of um, perhaps i'll experiment, see what survives.

Title: Re: When to plant out runner beans?
Post by: DIGGER on April 01, 2009, 18:43

Tis to early,mine also go in in in June,but i always try for an early crop CAUSE I LIKE THEM and have put some in pots today :tongue2:

Title: Re: When to plant out runner beans?
Post by: peapod on April 01, 2009, 18:55

My little lad has brought one home from school already 8 inches high! Ive repotted it this evening and I hope it lasts the distance..he'll be so dissapointed if it doesnt

Title: Re: When to plant out runner beans?
Post by: zazen999 on April 01, 2009, 19:04

I've got 2 pots of beans on the windowledge...they were dwarf frenchies but one definitely isn't.

I'll have beans ready to pick in about 5 days though. Pickie taken last night attached.

With the one that isn't a dwarf no matter what the pack said, I've chopped it off when it got to the top of the cane...and it is now flowering.

Not sure whether this would work with runners, as they might well need insect pollenation....but you could pop it outdoors on sunny days for this.

Title: Re: When to plant out runner beans?
Post by: Stripey_cat on April 01, 2009, 19:32

Put them in plant-pots, one per 5" pot, and pinch the tops out.  Keep pinching them back and they should flower fairly soon (this is what people did before dwarf varieties like Hestia came along).  If you need space in the greenhouse, you can stick them outside in another few weeks, and just bring them in overnight if there are frosts forecast.

Title: Re: When to plant out runner beans?
Post by: washsaint on April 01, 2009, 20:46

I live in Salisbury< Wiltshire and for the last 2 years have planted out about now and got bumper crops from May right through to the end of September.

First year on an allotment this year and I have just planted out - 7  look OK right now and 1 might not survive.

Have also planted out loads of broad beans (looking good) and peas (ditto).

Just hope there's no more frosts!