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    I'm growing runner beans some to eat as runners and some to let grow for dry beans this winter

    I've been merrily scoffing all the runners, because I am aware that once the beans start getting too big the plant will stop producing new fruits, and I don't want them to do that quite yet! (and I like runner beans...) But I don't want to end up with a lot of pods at the end of the season that are too small to shell but too tough to eat whole at the end. So at what point should I leave them to let them develop properly?

    They are all healthy plants with zillions of flowers.

    And ditto the borlotti beans, please... I've been scoffing them too as a green (well, red) vegetable, but perhaps I shouldn't?

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    Personally, I tend to eat the lower down beans whole (before they get muddy or slugged) and save the higher up ones for shelling
    All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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