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  • Borlotto beans and frost

    We are forecast to have overnight temperatures of 0,1 and 2degrees over the weekend. Will this harm my borlotto beans and therefore I need to harvest them or can they cope with a touch of frost?

    Ta for any help ...
    Cheers

    T-lady

  • #2
    I think the plant will be damaged by frost, I'm not too sure about the beans but the plant is not hardy. They should be mature by now, if it were me, I would harvest them or cover them over if you are expecting a frost. Mine are already harvested and either drying or frozen (in the freezer )
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    • #3
      Generally the beans are frost hardy for a few degrees anyway, but the plants will keel over. Iv'e harvested everything excep[t a late planting of Aranesco, will find out if the beans have survived in a few days... I wanted them for shelling beans not green so if it doesn't work then it doesn't work.... they're not a great green bean anyway, I lose nothing....

      chrisc

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      • #4
        They should really have been brought home to dry off by now: the last of mine came home yesterday to go in the gh to dry out a bit more.

        It's been such a cold wet summer that hardly any have dried, and even the shelly beans have started to germinate inside the pods in some cases.
        All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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        • #5
          Hi 2-sheds - b*gger I've not managed to pick our dwarf cannilini (sp!) & climbing bortlottis - we've had some frosts already...will the beans still be okay?
          To see a world in a grain of sand
          And a heaven in a wild flower

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          • #6
            The beans/pods will be OK, if a little soggy. They may or may not dry out further. Give them the driest airiest place you can now
            All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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