I have been witness to my climbing french bean at varying stages of growth from a foot, to a yard to flowering/early fruiting go from just about getting there to now looking like death and no way back. This has been over the last month really, a lot of rain, differing temperatures especially at night. So today I have started 10 indoor pots of runner beans, just because I have finally realised that the frenchies will not miraculously recover. So has anyone in northern-ish UK managed to get anything from runner started this late, I know it's worth a try, but I like to prepare myself for disappointment wherever possible?