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    Decapitated bean



    I put my french bean seedlings (two sowed to a pot, two hatched in each pot) out for a bit of sun today (they were sown indoors), and 5 came back ok, but one came back in with the top knocked off. It's got the two fleshy leaf things left, but the leaves have gone.

    Is it a goner then? Poor thing, I think it got in a fight/tangle with one of the other beanlings.
    Singleton Allotments Society
    Ashford Gardeners - A gardening club (and so much more) for the greenfingered of Ashford and surrounding areas. Non-Ashfordites welcome .
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    If there's still a growing tip, it may be ok. If the lot has snapped off, there is a remote chance it will produce a new climbing stem from a leaf joint. (stranger things have happened) Just leave it in a corner somewhere and see what happens.
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    • #3
      By the 2 fleshy things, do you mean the little 'arms' which were the 2 halves of the original bean?

      If so, then it's probably a gonner...if there is one leaf joint left, it should grow outwards from there - one on each side if you are lucky.

      Pop some more seeds in if you have any, 5 is hardly enough for a decent meal as it is.

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      • #4
        Oh dear, RIP poor beany. Yep, the fleshy things were the arms from the bean.

        I'm not really doing french beans in ernest as we're more runner bean people - we've got 12 of them for 2 adults and a toddler (maybe 13 as one seems to have sprouted a "twin"), the frenchies are just an experiment. I might pop a few more in though, direct into the ground...why not!
        Singleton Allotments Society
        Ashford Gardeners - A gardening club (and so much more) for the greenfingered of Ashford and surrounding areas. Non-Ashfordites welcome .

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        • #5
          [QUOTE I might pop a few more in though, direct into the ground...why not!]

          Before you put the beans in the ground, put an inverted jam jar over each spot you are going to use for a couple of days to warm the soil. When you put the beans in, replace the jam jars until the bean plant has shown itself.

          Replace the jar for a couple of nights whilst the plant hardens off.

          Doing this will help these catch up with the ones you already have in pots.
          Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you are probably right.
          Edited: for typo, thakns VC

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