[philskin]

hello all hope your enjoying your day off, when will it be safe to plant the runner beans out my plants are pretty strong and need to go in . They have been hardened off and rearing to go here they are                                                                                                                   [/IMG]                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [/IMG]                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [/IMG]

[Ruby Red]

They look wonderful. All my beans have been out for a couple of weeks now, though I have some fleece ready and I listen to the forecast. But they are south facing against a wall so poerhaps they have a bit of protection there.

[philskin]

yes i was only wondering because the long range forecast looks promising and night time temps are rising slowly

[lucywil]

i put mine out yesterday and they are only about half the size of yours, as long as they are hardened off and you have some fleece ready just in case i would just go for it

[Angelah]

Am thinking mine are duff ones. They still haven't popped up - how long for germination?

[philskin]

thank you all ,beans are in fed watered and fleece on standby lets hope we dont get the last frosts so good to make room. Now to move stuff out of the main shed into greenhouse and empty greenhouse into the plastic thing cheers all happy gardening

[philskin]

Am thinking mine are duff ones. They still haven't popped up - how long for germination?

                                                                                                                 mine took about a week , but that was in the shed under a sealed cloche with insulation under them no heat though

[weeeed]

I'm going to put some of mine out tomorrow. By the way you have the same greenhouse as me. What do you think of them? Mine has so far survived the winds etc but I have fastened it to the fence as well as using the guy ropes.

[Angelah]

Well over two weeks later, they're finally popping through!!! Hooray!!!

[peterjf]

WE PLANTED OURS OUT ON THE PLOT LAST WEEK , THEY WONT GROW IF YOU DONT PLANT THEM ,

[Yorkie]

The most important thing to bear in mind, however big your bean plants are, is that they will die if exposed to frost.  

So if you do plant them out, after hardening them off properly, you'll need to keep a really close eye on the forecasts for the next 4 weeks or so (I'm not sure where Kinnerley is, sorry).

I'm going to face the same dilemma myself soon, and I only sowed the climbing bean seeds a week ago.  Will I never learn ?!!

P.S., peterjf, would it be possible for you to use lower case type instead of all capitals?  I find it really hard to read, and it also feels a little aggressive when I look at it.