In article , Rusty Hinge
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Well, ours died, despite it being very mild all winter - indeed, many of
my runner beans survived and came up again, in much the same position.



My runner beans did the same this year came up as a hugely sturdy plant
but funnily enough the beans were really stringy even on the smaller
pods. Whereas the pods last year were remarkably unstringy...
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
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