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Old 08-11-2004, 04:38 PM
Tim Challenger
 
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On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 15:30:18 +0000, bigboard wrote:

ex WGS Hamm wrote:


"Steve Harris" wrote in message
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Last year, I dug up 3 runner bean plants, trimmed them to 3" of stem,
planted them in a pot of multipurpose compost, put it in an unheated
bedroom and left them. They died.

This year, a have them in a pot with about a dozen leaves still attached
and I'm hoping to improve :-)

- Should I chop them down to 3" again?
- Should I water them once a month?
- Keep them warm/cold/wet/dry/light/dark?


You don't, you sow new seed every year.


Runner beans are a perennial in their natural environment, not an annual. It
is therefore perfectly possible to keep them alive for more than one year.


So what *is* their natural environment. Maybe we can help Steve to recreate
the right conditions.
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Tim C.