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    hi,got some dwarf italian bean seeds(bobis d albenga to be exact). when is the best time to get them started in doors? gonna start them in small pots? cheers in advance..
    totally mad on growing veg and keeping bantams!!!!

  • #2
    Are they grown for the whole thing or mainly for the dried haricots?

    For growing outside... I'd say wait another couple of weeks before sowing in pots.

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    • #3
      growing for the whole thing,can think of lots of lovely things to do with them..
      totally mad on growing veg and keeping bantams!!!!

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      • #4
        Remember you can't plant them out till there's no dancger of frost. I always take the end of May as definite cut-off date. they grow fast so you'll end up with them floppy and leggy of you sow too early.

        Leave them till later in the month, as Paul says. I've got my beans seeds out to look at and stroke but they aren't going in till the end of the month!
        Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

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        • #5
          I am sat on my hands to stop myself from planting my beans :-)

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          • #6
            i know,im so keen to get on,its getting hard to stop myself.will have to stop and take deep breaths soon!
            totally mad on growing veg and keeping bantams!!!!

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Flummery View Post
              I've got my beans seeds out to look at and stroke but they aren't going in till the end of the month!
              I'm the same Flum, I keep getting all my bean seeds out to have a look at them, they're so tactile and shiny...don't ya just love them??

              Originally posted by yeti View Post
              i know,im so keen to get on,its getting hard to stop myself.will have to stop and take deep breaths soon!
              YETI...Put the packet down...step away from the beans...now count to 10, that's a good lad .

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              • #8
                i know,im getting bad now,gonna have to seek professional help soon!!!help!
                totally mad on growing veg and keeping bantams!!!!

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                • #9
                  grow some radish or spring onions. but stay away from them there beans.
                  "He that but looketh on a plate of ham and eggs to lust after it hath already committed breakfast with it in his heart"

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                  • #10
                    Well, as they're Dwarf beans, if you've got a bit of sunny windowsill space available you might want to look at this thread from last year:

                    http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...are_27504.html

                    G'wan, you know you want to
                    Last edited by HotStuff; 03-04-2010, 01:53 AM.
                    There are 10 kinds of people in the world, those that understand binary and those that don't.

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                    • #11
                      looks like i might give that a go!
                      totally mad on growing veg and keeping bantams!!!!

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                      • #12
                        I'd say you're far enough south to give it a go. Provided you protect them suitably when you plant them out.

                        I'm not saying that in any expert capacity though, merely because I sowed dozens of Beans in Rootrainers last weekend! My patch is sheltered, and I have about a hundred plastic bottle cloches to use as protection!

                        As HotStuff said - G'wan, you know you want to!
                        All the best - Glutton 4 Punishment
                        Freelance shrub butcher and weed removal operative.

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                        • #13
                          I have sown mine today and will do my runners tommorrow as I do every year !
                          You have to loose sight of the shore sometimes to cross new oceans

                          I would be a perfectionist, but I dont have the time

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                          • #14
                            I adore beans in every shape and form and am having to restrain myself! Got a bit over excited last year and planted my dwarf beans too early. When I put them out into the plot although the frost didn't get them they sulked for ages.

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                            • #15
                              I put a load of dwarf beans into bags of compost to chit last weekend, and most have sprouted; so today's job is to shift the trays of onions outdoors and get the beans into root trainers/paper pots and toilet roll insides so that I can get the next batch into compost chitting.

                              I'm growing some rare beans this year, and didn't want to lose any to rot so am sowing a smaller amount each week to keep a sharp eye on things.

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