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Old 25-09-2008, 11:11 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Nick Maclaren Nick Maclaren is offline
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Default My climbing French beans


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Rusty Hinge 2 writes:
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| from "Christina Websell" contains
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| Are a disaster this year. I planted them in May, they refused to flower
| until recently although growing well. I have three tiny beans an inch
| long and a few flowers now. Too late. Is it the weather?
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| They are now flowering like mad, far too late.
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| Plant earlier next year?

I planted my blue ones in plenty of time - the problem was that they
stopped flowering and have only just restarted.

| My runners went in late, and I'm picking them by the carrier-bag ATM.

Mine have more-or-less stopped.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.