On 15/08/2012 02:08, Christina Websell wrote:
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Christina Websell wrote:
I don't know /what/ is going on. Even the plots full of 6' tall weeds
have
beans sticking out of the top of the weeds! But every single one of my
bean
plants has been munched to skeletal and dead. :'(
My only beans this year are the ones I put in hanging baskets, and of
course,
they don't get enough water to keep them happy.

I didn't know you could plant beans in hanging baskets. How does it
work?

You can plant anything in hanging baskets, Tina. ;-)
Whether they /thrive/ there, or crash to the ground, is a different
matter.

They're ... doing ok, considering, but I don't think they are getting
anywhere
near as much rain as they want. It was just a wild act of desperation - I
had
spare baskets (we hang chitting potatoes in them in the spare room) and
spare
liners (bought 30+ of them for 10p each in January) and a bunch of plants,
but
every time we planted on the allotment, they got munched. Seemed a good
idea
at the time.

Haven't had any pickable yet, but there are a fair few baby ones which
/may/
be big enough for the show on Saturday. I won't be entering the Biggest
Bean
competition this year, I can say that right now.

Well, you have taught me something. I had no idea you could plant runner
beans in hanging baskets.
Good luck for the show


I would never plant runner beans in a basket.
I'd always go for French beans every time, and would use a water
retaining polymer in the compost to cut down on stress.
David @ a very warm end of Swansea Bay where we are going to be hit by
very heavy rain in the next hour