[weathergirl]

Got some runner beans off and here are some. Loads more on there!

[Ice]

Well done.  Can you send me some, mine don't seem to want to get going this year.

[peterjf]

here in darkest east yorkshire , we took 2 boilings from our cobra beans this week,

looking forward to sunday lunch now , a small knob of butter yum yum yummy

[DD.]

looking forward to sunday lunch now , a small knob of butter yum yum yummy

We're having beef.

[lovemyveg]

Well done, this is early.  Mine are only just in flower, so a long way to go yet.  When did you put these in the garden?

[Plot22]

Mine are still a bit skinny but i'm anticipating the first proper picking at the weekend.  But tonight I spotted a HUGE pod at the bottom full of big seeds, more like the kind of overdeveloped bean you'd find at the end of the season.  Where did that spring from??

[wighty]

Mine are obviously having a party somewhere with Ice's.  The first lot have got to about a foot tall (Cobra one side, Enorma the other) the second lot of Enorma planted two weeks ago have yet to show.  Think I'll have to go off and sulk now.

[Paul Plots]

I'll be picking this week-end although not a feast - just a taste!! 

[mumofstig]

started eating mine at the beginning of the week and once they've started it's eat them or freeze them nearly everyday..deep joy

[superluke2]

First picking of mine today way up here in Stirling. All looking rosy this year except leeks that are really slow!

[peterjf]

dont forget to give the whole bean plants a watering , even the flowers , but not in direct sunlight

[Paul Plots]

dont forget to give the whole bean plants a watering , even the flowers , but not in direct sunlight

I've been doing just that, on my father's advice, for years but I read somewhere, recently, that it does not help the fruit set... I think I read this in a book on loan from my father-in-law 

Any ideas on this one?

[weathergirl]

Well done, this is early.  Mine are only just in flower, so a long way to go yet.  When did you put these in the garden?

Dad was growing them through the winter in the greenhouse, then about April they were moved outdoors.

[weathergirl]

dont forget to give the whole bean plants a watering , even the flowers , but not in direct sunlight

I've been doing just that, on my father's advice, for years but I read somewhere, recently, that it does not help the fruit set... I think I read this in a book on loan from my father-in-law 

Any ideas on this one?

My dad set them in the evening when the sun was setting.
They get the sun all day from sunrise to set.

[m1ckz]

my beans are covered in blackfly grrrrrrr