[salmonking]

hi all,great forum.this is my first post so go easy on me! this is only my second year growing veg so looking for info from you seasoned veg growers!.i planted my runner beans in pots in the green house 2 weeks ago and they are doing very well,roughly 4"high.when should I be looking to plant them outside?.thanks in advance,simon

[mumofstig]

Welcome to the site 

It would help to know whereabouts in the country you are, it's usually warmer the further south you are - so click on your user name and alter your profile so we can see it, rather than having to ask you each time

[salmonking]

sorry about that!havent a clue what im doing  im in the Cotswolds.

[DD.]

You're just about on a level with me. I plan on getting mine outside in 3-4 weeks. They are just popping up. You may have been a little early in sowing them, you dare not put them outside whilst there is a danger of frost.

[salmonking]

You're just about on a level with me. I plan on getting mine outside in 3-4 weeks. They are just popping up. You may have been a little early in sowing them, you dare not put them outside whilst there is a danger of frost.

I know what your saying about the frost!!we have been forcast it for the last 5 nights,so been out covering everything up only to find in the morning.....no frost!!im sure the weathermen are playing games with me!lol

[mumofstig]

If you get a cheap max/min thermomether you'll find out just how cold it still is at night, even though you don't see a frost 

[taytors]

Hello salmonking I'm just a few miles from you 
My beans are at roughly the same stage as yours I'm planning
to put mine out bank holiday weekend at end of month

[beaker141]

If you get a cheap max/min thermomether you'll find out just how cold it still is at night, even though you don't see a frost 

I disbelieve my max/min thermometer (Wilkinsons) - its always reading minus something when I havent thought it was that cold - I keep meaning to bring it home for a spell in our freezer to see if the digital and analogue match up.

[DD.]

Hello salmonking I'm just a few miles from you 
My beans are at roughly the same stage as yours I'm planning
to put mine out bank holiday weekend at end of month

Indoors or in a greenhouse, they will grow a lot in the next 4 weeks and you could have one big problem untangling the runners.

[salmonking]

If you get a cheap max/min thermomether you'll find out just how cold it still is at night, even though you don't see a frost 

im out and about at 5am do you think I still need one??

[salmonking]

Hello salmonking I'm just a few miles from you 
My beans are at roughly the same stage as yours I'm planning
to put mine out bank holiday weekend at end of month

Indoors or in a greenhouse, they will grow a lot in the next 4 weeks and you could have one big problem untangling the runners.

mine are all in individual pots so shouldn't be a problem,only if they keep going up!lol.

[DD.]

You'll have to keep them quite a way apart!

[salmonking]

You'll have to keep them quite a way apart!

no problem,will move them about this afternoon!lol

[Willow_Warren]

I know what you mean about tangling, I very nearly had that problem last year I had to be so careful getting my toilet roll tubes into individuals - without ripping off half the top growth - they also started to attach themselves to anything available...

I've not started mine yet (although it was on my list of jobs for this weekend), conscious decision to do it later than last year (which I had down as the 22nd April) - although somone has thrown out all my toilet roll tubes  !

We did have a frost this weekend...

H

[Enfield Glen]

Even though I am in North London I now do not start sowing beans until May bank holiday as we always seem to get cold an windy weather at the start of May which the beans do not like. Also I only germinate them in the greenhouse and plant them out before the leaves open up.  This allows them to acclimatise and the leaves harden up as they open.