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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?


They are now flowering like mad, far too late.

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"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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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?


They are now flowering like mad, far too late.

Plant earlier next year?

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

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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.

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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?


They are now flowering like mad, far too late.

Plant earlier next year?

When would you suggest? I planted mine in April, May and June, as the
various packets suggested. I've had roughly one meal per week of them -
24 plants - and while they're still flowering, they won't produce any
more pods.

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| When would you suggest? I planted mine in April, May and June, as the
| various packets suggested. I've had roughly one meal per week of them -
| 24 plants - and while they're still flowering, they won't produce any
| more pods.

Don't be sure. They won't ripen, but they will set if the weather is
warm enough.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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| When would you suggest? I planted mine in April, May and June, as the
| various packets suggested. I've had roughly one meal per week of them -
| 24 plants - and while they're still flowering, they won't produce any
| more pods.

Don't be sure. They won't ripen, but they will set if the weather is
warm enough.

There was nearly a frost this morning. The flowers keep falling off.

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| When would you suggest? I planted mine in April, May and June, as the
| various packets suggested. I've had roughly one meal per week of
them -
| 24 plants - and while they're still flowering, they won't produce any
| more pods.

Don't be sure. They won't ripen, but they will set if the weather is
warm enough.

There was nearly a frost this morning. The flowers keep falling off.

Try misting them. It sounds like a dearth of pollinating insects to me.

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| There was nearly a frost this morning. The flowers keep falling off.
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| Try misting them. It sounds like a dearth of pollinating insects to me.

Well, that wouldn't help, then. Yes, one of the reasons that low
temperatures reduce setting is by discouraging bees, but that can
be resolved only by hand pollination. And they don't set well if
the temperature is too low, bees or no bees.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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Plant earlier next year?

When would you suggest? I planted mine in April, May and June, as the
various packets suggested. I've had roughly one meal per week of them -
24 plants - and while they're still flowering, they won't produce any
more pods.

Well, you don't want to plant them out until the end of April, and then
you may need to protect them at night occasionally. Because I still
hadn't grubbed-up the hedge, mine didn't go in until the end of June,
when they set beans immediately.

They have though, been well-watered, both naturally and with a hose.

Misting the flowers is reputed to help them set.

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from Amethyst Deceiver contains these words:

Plant earlier next year?

When would you suggest? I planted mine in April, May and June, as the
various packets suggested. I've had roughly one meal per week of them -
24 plants - and while they're still flowering, they won't produce any
more pods.

Well, you don't want to plant them out until the end of April, and then
you may need to protect them at night occasionally. Because I still
hadn't grubbed-up the hedge, mine didn't go in until the end of June,
when they set beans immediately.

They have though, been well-watered, both naturally and with a hose.

Misting the flowers is reputed to help them set.

Marvellous - but I didn't really get many flowers until late August. As
I said, one meal a week (for two people) from oh, actually 32 plants,
all planted in accordance with the instructions on the packetes.

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Misting the flowers is reputed to help them set.

Marvellous - but I didn't really get many flowers until late August. As
I said, one meal a week (for two people) from oh, actually 32 plants,
all planted in accordance with the instructions on the packetes.

My first guess would be lack of water in the soil. On reflection, this
would seem unlikely this year...

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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?


They are now flowering like mad, far too late.

Plant earlier next year?

Earlier than May 8th?

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"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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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?


They are now flowering like mad, far too late.

Plant earlier next year?

earlier than May 5th?

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Plant earlier next year?

earlier than May 5th?

Some of my present runner beans were planted before May 5th 2007 - and
overwintered in the soil...

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