20-10-2003, 04:42 PM
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experience with Scarlet Runner Beans
In article ,
says...
During the hot summer months, the beans grew and flowered, but set no
beans.
Finally, about a month ago, definitely in the cool of fall, the plants
began to bear beans!
I also tried them for the first time. They did the same thing for me
(Zone 5).
While I'd heard that the blooms were sufficient to grow the plant just as
an ornamental, I wasn't that impressed. Yes the blooms are pretty, but
they're not that large or that numerous.
The beans themselves are flattish, like an Italian bean. The range of
sizes is incredible - some are only a few inches long and some grow to
a foot long. No matter how big we let them get, they still cook up
tender and tasty.
Mine were similar on size, but we found the larger ones to be tough. We
may have gotten different varieties as mine weren't all that flat. I
won't plant them again. I'll use the space for more Northeaster pole
beans. Now there's one that stays tender at 8-12 inches :-).
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