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Old 11-08-2008, 08:27 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Nick Maclaren Nick Maclaren is offline
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Default Freezing Runner Beans


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Rusty Hinge 2 writes:
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| | No! No! No!
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| | Right. Slice beans (on the slant).
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| BIG error. If they are big enough to slice, you haven't picked
| them young enough!
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| You obviously don't feed your beans.
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| Mine are usually picked at around nine inches, and there are no strings.

You are jumping to conclusions! I regard runner beans of that size
as much inferior to smaller ones, not because they are stringy, but
because they are more watery. And feeding them won't help reduce that!


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.