[Jeanieblue]

Ours are only just really taking off now, after a very slow start - How are other folk doing?

[jennyb]

we might have a few ready by the end of the week - plenty of flowers and baby beans forming tho

[Ropster]

I had my first handfull of beans of mine this weekend, Yummy
everyone else around me (old timers) have been cropping for ages and I thought I was the only one to have just started picking

[mashauk]

Ours are only just starting too, picked a handful on Sautrday that were hiding very well at the bottom of the plants!

[mrs bouquet]

the biggest of mine are about 2 inches, so i think you've done OK.  I drove to the allotment site shop yesterday and bought some.  Mrs.Bouquet

[chickchick]

we've had loads and now need to freeze them!

[Jen]

we've had loads and now need to freeze them!

dito     :

[peapod]

I snapped the growing tip off my largest one by accident :-(
Ive only 4 in, and theyve just started to flower

[Sharon]

Iv'e got about half a freezer full.
I pick them every other day and get about half a bucket full each time.

[Pompey Spud]

We're picking loads as well!! Since the first few weeks of June.

Here's our wigwams with Sunflowers in between.

[Clampit]

Mine are about 4' tall now and just starting to flower, they do seem to have been struggling, along with my french beans, sweetcorn and squashes.

[farmersue]

Our's are doing really well on their Munty frame. I'm seriously impressed with it (the frame). We've eaten lots, given some away and frozen some. It seems like every day there is another handful to pick! Next year i think we'll use canes rather than strings on the frame tho, as the weight of the foliage and beans is making the strings sag quite a lot. We're the first ones to use a Munty on our site - it's caused quite a bit of interest. Wonder h ow many others there will be next year?!

[green fingers]

picked a handful at the weekend.   Have loads of flowers too, so expect a good harvest.  The man on the plot next door has been picking his for well over 3 weeks though

[mashbintater]

Having only got a tiny garden, my runner bean is in a container with a delayed one putting up a good fight to grow. I've plenty of red flowers on it (enorma)and quite a few beans developing now. Had a good crop with these beans last yr too. If it doesn't rain it gets well watered daily and fed weekly, doing well  

[corndolly]

Seems to be a north south divide on runner beans ! we've got loads of flowers at the bottom. But slow to climb the new Munty Frame. Seems the Cold/Wet summer, Winds etc here in the midlands is not what beans like ! Midlands up equals slow growth while south England is picking,eating and freezing.