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Old 22-08-2007, 10:15 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Runner beans

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(WaltA) writes:
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| Due to the hot, dry week we had, mine are coming to an end (i.e. the
| last of the beans are filling and there are no flowers).
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| Gosh! Wierd !!
| Have you got a monoculture ?
| or even a single sowing ?

Well, yes - this IS the UK!

Runner beans are continual croppers, so you don't do repeat sowing.
The reason was quite simply a hot, dry week on soil that is 60% sand.
But the looks of it, I shall have flowers again in a few days.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
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