[rem858]

been picking for ages plenty of beans but no tatse verry stringy & tough anyone else found the same a few suggestions for next years variety would be great

[Greengirl]

I've never grown Polestar, but most runners are string free these days. Have you been leaving them growing until they are too mature, with the seeds beginning to swell inside? I grow the peach flowered Celebration & red flowered Red Rum & find them tasty & stringless.

[Walewein]

I find if uyou cut them lengthways or best of all use a bean slicer even the stringiest of beans seem good.

[mumofstig]

I grow the peach flowered Celebration & red flowered Red Rum & find them tasty & stringless.

That's funny i tried pink Celebration side by side with a white runner, and haven't been impressed with the pink one. Far greater yield on the white one..........will look at variety in a mo

recommended white variety...White Lady

[tode]

Am growing Scarlet Emperor, which have grown well, but find the beans go hard and stringy very quickly, with a sort of parchment skin inside. (Good taste though  )
Anyone know them and suggest something a little more tender?

[Lardman]

The best I've found so far for yield, flavour and remaining stringless are the white flowered Desiree .

I bought a packet from T&M back in 2005 not sure if they still have them but I would certainly recommend them. I found all the red flowered went stringy very quickly.

[tode]

Thanks. TM still do them, but wont send them to France (long live the EU !!)
I bought mine from Tuckers, who will send, but they dont do Desiree.
Over here theyre known as Spanish beans, and are grown as a flowering creeper 
Have given some to neighbours, who say thankyou nicely, but quite obviously arent convinced 

[Goosegirl]

I've grown Armstrong this year and am impressed with the tenderness, and the taste is not bitter like you sometimes get. Thanks Pippa Greenwood!

[beansticks]

Just had a portion of Polestar with a couple of rashers of bacon,absolutely delicious.First time of growing them,but whichever variety i grow i always pick them young.