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  • #1

    Is it too late for runners

    My climbing french beans Corbra have popped there heads up, was a bit worried as it was an unknown Ebay seller. But they seem OK.

    I am way behind this year, is there still time to sow runner beans ?? (Preston)

    I must make more effort to get the garden in shape in Autumn and not leave it till spring.
    Anyone else guilty of leaving it till the last minute ?

    Thanks
    Jimmy
    Expect the worst in life and you will probably have under estimated!
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    You could stick some seeds in - the longer you leave it the later it gets!

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    • #3
      You should be fine sowing runners now. Yes, guilty as charged - still clearing at the allotment to make space for stuff to go in

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      • #4
        We're still clearing at our allotment, which we only took on at the end of April. The runner bean seeds I have say they can be sown direct as late as June so that's my job for tonight now that the canes are up. I'm also lucky that my Mum had some spare runner bean plants from the few she started in the greenhouse for my sister so I can have runner beans at 2 different stages.

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        • #5
          You'll be fine at least until the end of June and even as late as mid-July - just make sure you give them moist, but well-drained, fertile soil to grow in - one way of ensuring this is to dig a 60cm wide by 25cm deep trench, line with newspaper and fill with compost or well-rotted manure. Top off with soil and keep well mulched.
          Free vegetable garden/allotment planning tool: www.allotmentor.com

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          • #6
            Ok thanks for the reply, will bob some in at weekend
            Jimmy
            Expect the worst in life and you will probably have under estimated!

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            • #7
              Reckon you'll be fine. Stick 'em in anyway, there's nothing to lose.
              Real Men Sow - a cheery allotment blog.

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              • #8
                I have some more to put in that I started off last week. One year, after loosing most of my plants due to very wet summer I started some off in July and still got a crop. So, go for it.
                Its Grand to be Daft...

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                • #9
                  When I put my runners seedlings in I always pop a couple of seeds next to each plant .......
                  S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
                  a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

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                  • #10
                    Mine went in last couple of weeks, just starting to show. Lots of things still going in, should just be ripe for harvesting whilst we're on holiday! Oh b..................

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                    • #11
                      ^^^^and that's why a good mate is handy. Last year my mate picked all types of beans for me and bagged them up ready for when I got home (she di start to lose the will to live ) This year it'll probably be raspberries ......
                      S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
                      a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

                      You can't beat a bit of garden porn

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