[peterjf]

you could use the washing line from the one pound shop , as long as its tight and well spaced out ,

[hindy]

Anyone even got any beans in yet ?? mine won't come out the packet for nearly 3 weeks or so.

Only Broad Beans

  I better edit that to say Runner beans    

 

[peapod]

Not me Richy, Im not putting any out till end of april, littlest son will not be impressed if they kark it 

[Aunt Sally]

April could be too soon.  We still get a few frosts down in Kent during April 

[peapod]

Hes just brought a humungous runner bean plant home from school aunty..we'll repot it and Im hoping end of april will be kind.  Its my best chance to get him into the growing malarkey..rather than humping sand and cement about and acting the big chap now the landscaping is done 

[Aunt Sally]

Aw bless him.

Put it in a biggish pot and keep it in the cool greenhouse for as long as you can.

THE BEAN MUST LIVE !!!!!

Put a bit of fleece round it if the over night temperature drops.

What's it's name

[peapod]

YES!! WE WILL LIVE FOR THIS BEAN!!!

We will keep our bean baby in the GH as long as is needed in our unhospitable northern climate...damn these 'ere icelandic frosts 

[peapod]

OOOO never thought of name!

Ill ask my lad what he fancies...Im going for Bertie (Burnley Fan 'ere ,mascot is Bertie Bee, so I can modify it to Bean 

[Aunt Sally]

It might be a .....  girl !

[peapod]

Then it can only be one name.....

Sally!

[Aunt Sally]

[GrannieAnnie]

I usually start my beans off in 3" pots end of april and plant out end of May.  I'm luckythat in spalding we have a horticultural place that is open to the public.  last year I went in there and asked for the price of 100 canes and I can't remember now the price, but the bloke said to Brian, there's 150 in each pack, would you mind splitting the pack, then he said oh just give us £15 for the lot, so I got 150 7ft canes for £15.

I usually use the wigwam method, but last year I stood all the canes upright, either side of the path like someone on here does, then put some black tubing over half a dozen of them making an archway and tied a couple of canes front to back.  Looked a bit messy until the beans grew up and over it.

[peapod]

Its an honour I know 

Aunty would like to thank her family, her mum and dad, John and Val , this website and all who allowed her to name this very special bean

[Aunt Sally]

 

[philskin]

going to be sowing some scarlet emperor runner beans next week ,these are the ones i sell on the roadside it pays for my compost and stuff