"Judith in France" wrote in message
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I had some runner beans which I brough from England. Only 2 have
germinated, I dug down and the rest have all rotted away! I bought
some French runner beans here yesterday, put them on wet kitchen roll
and I will leave them like that until they germinate and then plant,
has anyone else had a failure this year?

Judith

All my peas & beans I've sown in paper pots filled with compost and kept
inside until developing - then transferred to outside cloche and then
planted out. Worked for me.