[egg]

My aquadulse in pots have gone black but on closer inspection are shooting from that and yes the mice go mad for mine but are ardently leaving my garlic alone!

[johnfh]

Nearly all my Aquadulce have gone black too and the stems seem to have rotted through.  I think the frost was just too severe for them.  Looks like a second sowing as soon as the weather warms up a bit.

[sunshineband]

I might put a few in pots in the (very!) cold greenhouse so they don't rot this time if we have more hard weather, as well as some more in the ground next month 

[Salmo]

I sowed mine in early November on open ground, light soil. 4 leaves with no stem. Just some blackenning on some leaves but otherwise fine. Mice stolen a few but I always grow some spares to fill the row.

Sowing too soon and treating them too soft is not good for them.

[sunshineband]

Anyhting in that greenhouse won't be soft I can tell you 

sub zero at night in there 

I was just aiming to keep them a bit drier and marginally less frozen 

Hope that the black ones start to shoot again -- fingers crossed 

[gillwrig]

ooohhhh was just about to chuck mine and start again - they may live to fight another day now I've read everyone elses's experience.
I would consult my "book" but the cat is asleep on it.

[realfood]

My aquadulce planted in pots in the greenhouse look as if they could not stand the -10C inside.

[bayleaf]

I planted Sutton in mid November under a homemade polytunnel/plastic cloche. A few stems blackened by extreme frost/snow but now they are looking quite good. If it warms up will have to consider taking protection off but doing okay at the moment.

[sunshineband]

I've taken all the black stems off --- come on beans, get growing 

[lovemyveg]

Last year I started my Aquadulce in small pots in the cold greenhouse  on the 28 of February and transplanted them in the ground on 19 March, when they were a good 6" tall.  Our first meal of beans was the end of June, so this could be done earlier, if earlier crop desired.  My neighbour always plants hers in November and commented that mine had grown at the same rate as hers, so planting them earlier in the ground seems pointless.

[Aidy]

This works, it comes from a little known welshman by the name of Terry Walton. Fill a bag with damp compost, pop your beans in and seal, place somewhere nice and warm for a few days, when sprutted plant. Really easy method that I have been doing for sometime. I use small sarnie bags and put two dozen in each.