On 6 Jun, 21:25, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:
In article ,"David \(Normandy\)" writes:

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| Are the beans worth drying and saving for use in stews or chillies over
| Winter or are runner bean beans the wrong variety for this - most of them
| are the variety 'streamline'?

They aren't the usual ones used, but are fine. Soak them and throw
away the water, to defart them, and remember to cook them for at least
15 minutes at a boil. But otherwise they are just larger versions of
the dried beans we are used to.

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Runner beans can regrow from the old Root/tuber but you will only get
poor growth and a few beans, but they will be earlier than those from
seed (Mostly)
In the good old days the roots would be lifted and stored over winter
then grown in post in the glasshouse to give the "Big House" early
beans. just as French Beans would be grown on the hotbed again to get
early beans.
David Hill
Abacus Nurseries