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Good Morning. Can anyone advise me on my runner beans or rather lack of them. They grew and grew they flowered but i have had only a hand full of beans worth picking. There are still a few straggly beans here and there about 5cm long.I'm growing in raised beds with a good soil depth.Shall I just pull them up put it down to expierience, and start again next year.My potatoes did well although not a huge yeald but good enough.Carrots were slow to germinate and again they were disapointing.Broad beans were better but not a huge amount I have fed and watered. what am i doing wrong.

Nothing Jobrac,

It's just been a funny season. The hot weather meant that the beans didn't set flowers (if it's the same next year try spraying with water or grow climbing french beans - they like it a bit warmer)

I suspect hte hot weather didn't help with the carrots - I had the same trouble.

Broad beans aren't huge croppers in comparrison to others any way - just grow more next year.

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Nick you can't use excuses like that

So shall I pull up the beans and hope for a better result next season

Hi Jobrac,

If you don't think the one that are on there are gong to make anything I guess you may as well. THat having been said they may still crop late. I sowed some that are ownly just flowering so they should be OK up till November & fill the freezer up

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Why not, it always works for Farmers

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Never be afraid to try something new.
Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
A large group of professionals built the Titanic

http://grief-encounters.blogspot.com/

Ok I say it a lot so I will let you off this once