Green beans

I have also grown cobra always been a good yield. Last year. I added blauhilde and found them good too, and longer cropping as stated in other post.

Thanks everyone! Some great suggestions, I'll definitely give them a try!

FloraB

have been successfully growing the French dwarf ones for the last few years

As others have said picking dwarf French is hard on the back, but I grow a few because they start cropping earlier than the climbers, and I them pull the dwarf French ones out. I also grow some in the greenhouse, for an even earlier crop. I tried climbers in the greenhouse but they made masses of "top" and not enough beans before I needed the space for another crop.

As an alternative to the cyulindircal ones, we grow "flat beans" - varieties like Limka - which is a climbing French, but has a bean looking like a Runner; my lot don;t like the flavour of runners much, and prefer Limka.  Of course if you love Runners then stick to that for your "flat beans"

(Also available as a Dwarf French, I think its called Masterpiece)

Quote from: snowdrops on January 26, 2015, 02:39

I tried  " yard long last year,good germination, lovely plants, planted out at the same time as runners,borlotti,yellow climbing & purple climbing. Then they just sat there & never grew,not one bit, all in the same row etc as the others. Eventually they disappeared . I shall try again as I have loads of seed left, I shall be interested to hear how you get on.

Me too - except the try-gain bit!  Since read that they need a really hot summer and would only be a Good Do'er here if I put them in the greenhouse ...

That's interesting, we had a really good summer,so they should in theory have done well. Maybe I should have given them some extra protection.

we had a really good summer,so they should in theory have done well.

I would have classed our Summer as above average temperatures every month (except August which was dire), but no heat waves.  So perhaps not hot enough?

No idea what they need, temperature-wise, but I've read a number of posts, over the years, saying that they have only done well for that person in a Poly Tunnel/similar.

When I buy a 250 sq.m. ex-commercial greenhouse, cheap, and cover my whole plot I'll let you know if the Yard Long beans do any better