[Ropster]

How many runner beans iis enough for a family of four ?
I was planning on a 16 foot row (doubble sided triangle frame thing, about 30 plants a side

I now think it may be too many

[nobby]

no such thing as too many

[iwantanallotment]

Agreed with nobby, never too many.
Any extra, slice & freeze - they freeze beautifully and you can be eating them all year round  

[richyrich7]

Yes yes I agree never too many.

[mashauk]

Never too many but a pain in the bum having to pick them every day before they get too stringy.

[nobby]

runners are a grate veg the only thing to rember is to keep picking them young and tender  there is nothing werse than old stringy beens

[Ropster]

Thanks, Ill stick to my plan then and make room in the frezer

[DD.]

You make more friends with your excess runner beans than you do with courgettes!

[mashauk]

I made some rather nice runner bean chutney and gave that away.  I also gave about 30 courgettes away, OH and I are currently in dispute about how many courgette plants we need this year, bearing in mind I still have loads in the freezer.

[gobs]

You make more friends with your excess runner beans than you do with courgettes!

     

Yes, that sums it up in a very delicate , funny, nice kind of a way.

To be perfectly cruel, you can have damn too many runners, to say the least.

Masha, you can't store frozen veg for more than about 10-12 months, well you can of course, but not really supposed to eat it.

[Aunt Sally]

I grew far too many last year (about 48 plants).  all my neighbours ran when they saw me shouting "NO MORE RUNNER BEANS"  

I picked a BIG (HUGE) bucket full every 2 days for about 6 weeks

[mashauk]

You make more friends with your excess runner beans than you do with courgettes!

     

Yes, that sums it up in a very delicate , funny, nice kind of a way.

To be perfectly cruel, you can have damn too many runners, to say the least.

Masha, you can't store frozen veg for more than about 10-12 months, well you can of course, but not really supposed to eat it.

We'll start using everything up before we get the next lot.  I don't really believe that anyway, once it's frozen it's frozen, and it's all veg so I'm not worried.

[nothinghasdiedyet]

You make more friends with your excess runner beans than you do with courgettes!

Exactly what I was thinking

The guys in work love the fact they get free Vegetables, not just Runner Beans.Some even like the fact I plant extra seeds and bring them in after I have planted what I can and let them take what they can grow in there gardens

[crowndale]

Personally, (just to balance the argument) I think that even one runner bean is too many!  And I mean the beans, not the plants!  Nasty yucky vile things!  Just my humble opinion!!  

[DD.]

Personally, (just to balance the argument) I think that even one runner bean is too many!  And I mean the beans, not the plants!  Nasty yucky vile things!  Just my humble opinion!!  

Peasant!