Moon Light Runner Beans

[jackie j]

Woooohooooo just picked my first Moon Light Runner Beans, will post piccies later, anyone else got any yet.

[Florence Fennel]

Mine are White Lady and Enorma Jackie and they're not at the top of the poles yet, although there are plenty of flowers. Probably because of how much warmer it is darn sarf compared to oop norf.

[pipkins]

Ate my first lot of Moonlight on sunday Jackie

[rustylady]

I've got Enorma (like Flo plenty of flowers, not at the top of the poles yet, a few little beans formed) and some Borlotta that have grown themselves - I must have missed a pod or two last year.

[Florence Fennel]

That's made me feel better RL, I was beginning to thing I was "all behind"

[jackie j]

Been picking unknown beans for weeks now, think they may be painted lady as thats what I have grown before and saved seeds, but someone gave me some that I popped in with them last year to make up the row so have no idea what I have. Moonligt on bottom plot, others on top plot.

[arpoet]

mine are from old saved seeds... i have about half a dozen beans about 6inch long so a boiling at the weekend.. the rest are still either in flower or with tiny beans just developing.
Gee i love runner beans and have a double row with about 20 plants per side, all planted at different times to give a good spread.
Plus a double row of climbing french beans with 12 plants per side.... some of these too are in flowers, so they wont be long either.
Roger

[reetnproper]

Scarlette Emperors here and doing ever so well with the first pods being picked over the last week or so.

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[Florence Fennel]

That's what I usually grow Reet, but having a change this year. Because I've a white and a red the flowers look really pretty. Hoping for a decent harvest, my beans were rubbish last year.

[Shadylane]

... anyone else got any yet.

Er... no. Like most things on our plot this year the runners are woefully behind cos they got nobbled by frost in JUNE. The fenchies look like they really can't be bothered and to be frank I aint gonna bother with THEM next year. I think our site is just too cold for the poor, fragile, little wussies.

[Florence Fennel]

Ah that's a bit unfair to the frenchies Shadylane. Did you try cloching them?

[reetnproper]

Hoping for a decent harvest, my beans were rubbish last year.

Last year was not a good year for beans at all - this year is looking better

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[reetnproper]

The fenchies look like they really can't be bothered and to be frank I aint gonna bother with THEM next year. I think our site is just too cold for the poor, fragile, little wussies.

I've done ok with Frenchies these last couple of years Shady but this year they aren't as far along as the runners, so I'd suggest it probaby isn't your plot, it's more likely the weather. Mind you, do you have climbers or dwarf beans because I've found that when it comes to French Beans, the climbers do much, much better than dwarf varieties in our garden.

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[Flummery]

My Moonlights have set but aren't very big yet. Still, I live in hopes!

[bethduckie]

We're eating our first picking today... gosh, I am drooling at the thought!