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This evening I planted out 24 runner beans. As they are flopping about like
er..um ..something floppy I would like to tie them to the canes to give them the idea. My question is: which way do they grow, clock or anti? mark |
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On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:51:39 +0100, mark wrote:
This evening I planted out 24 runner beans. As they are flopping about like er..um ..something floppy I would like to tie them to the canes to give them the idea. My question is: which way do they grow, clock or anti? mark Like all plants they follow the light, i.e. the sun. Does that give you any clues? |
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mark writes
This evening I planted out 24 runner beans. As they are flopping about like er..um ..something floppy I would like to tie them to the canes to give them the idea. My question is: which way do they grow, clock or anti? Don't worry, they'll sort themselves out. Just tie them gently to the canes and they'll do the rest. -- Kay |
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On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:51:39 +0100, mark wrote: This evening I planted out 24 runner beans. As they are flopping about like er..um ..something floppy I would like to tie them to the canes to give them the idea. My question is: which way do they grow, clock or anti? mark Like all plants they follow the light, i.e. the sun. Does that give you any clues? Hmm ... well, one of the wisteria species climbs anticlockwise, another one clockwise. So does the sun go in different directions in different places? Possibly N and S hemisphere (it's too early in the morning for me to think this one through). And runner bean is a S American plant, so is that N or S hemisphere? Or to put it another way, I'm not totally convinced that twining direction depends on the sun's movements. -- Kay |
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-- .................................................. .............. "K" wrote in message ... Derek Turner writes On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:51:39 +0100, mark wrote: This evening I planted out 24 runner beans. As they are flopping about like er..um ..something floppy I would like to tie them to the canes to give them the idea. My question is: which way do they grow, clock or anti? mark Like all plants they follow the light, i.e. the sun. Does that give you any clues? Hmm ... well, one of the wisteria species climbs anticlockwise, another one clockwise. So does the sun go in different directions in different places? Possibly N and S hemisphere (it's too early in the morning for me to think this one through). And runner bean is a S American plant, so is that N or S hemisphere? Or to put it another way, I'm not totally convinced that twining direction depends on the sun's movements. -- Kay Flanders and Swann had a song Mike |
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-- .................................................. .............. "'Mike'" wrote in message ... -- .................................................. ............. "K" wrote in message ... Derek Turner writes On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:51:39 +0100, mark wrote: This evening I planted out 24 runner beans. As they are flopping about like er..um ..something floppy I would like to tie them to the canes to give them the idea. My question is: which way do they grow, clock or anti? mark Like all plants they follow the light, i.e. the sun. Does that give you any clues? Hmm ... well, one of the wisteria species climbs anticlockwise, another one clockwise. So does the sun go in different directions in different places? Possibly N and S hemisphere (it's too early in the morning for me to think this one through). And runner bean is a S American plant, so is that N or S hemisphere? Or to put it another way, I'm not totally convinced that twining direction depends on the sun's movements. -- Kay Flanders and Swann had a song Mike The fragrant Honeysuckle spirals clockwise to the sun and many other creepers do the same But some climb anticlockwise, the Bindweed does for one, or Convovulus, to give her proper name. Rooted on either side a door one of each species grew and raced up to the window ledge above Each corkscrewed to the lintel in the only way it knew where they stopped, touched tendrils, smiled and fell in love. Said the right-handed Honeysuckle to the left handed Bindweed 'oh let us get married if our parents don't mind we'd be loving and inseparable, inextricably entwined we'd live happily ever after' said the Honeysuckle to the Bindweed. To the Honeysuckle's parents it came as a shock, the Bindweeds, they cried, 'are inferior stock, They're uncultivated, of breeding bereft We twine to the right and they twine to the left'. Said the anticlockwise Bindweed to the clockwise Honeysuckle; 'We'd better start saving Many a mickle mac's a muckle Then run away on a honeymoon and hope that out luck'll take a turn for the better', said the Bindweed to the Honeysuckle. A bee who was passing exclaimed to them then; 'I've said it before and I'll say it again Consider your offshoots, if offshoots there be, They'll never receive any blessing from me'. Poor little sucker, how will it learn When it is climbing, which way to turn, Right, Left, what a disgrace Our it may go straight up and fall flat on its face. Said the right-hand thread Honeysuckle to the left-hand thread Bindweed 'It seems that against us all fate has combined Oh my darling, oh my darling Oh my darling Columbine thou art lost and gone forever We shall never intertwine'. Together they found them, the very next day They had pulled up their roots and just shrivelled away Deprived of that freedom for which we must fight To veer to the left or to veer to the right. |
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On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:51:39 +0100, "mark" wrote:
This evening I planted out 24 runner beans. As they are flopping about like er..um ..something floppy I would like to tie them to the canes to give them the idea. My question is: which way do they grow, clock or anti? In my recollection they go anticlockwise but I haven't even planted mine yet so I'm relying on memory. mark Pam in Bristol |
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"Pam Moore" wrote in message ... On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:51:39 +0100, "mark" wrote: This evening I planted out 24 runner beans. As they are flopping about like er..um ..something floppy I would like to tie them to the canes to give them the idea. My question is: which way do they grow, clock or anti? In my recollection they go anticlockwise but I haven't even planted mine yet so I'm relying on memory. mark Pam in Bristol Just been out to check mine - they are all turning anticlockwise as they climb upwards. |
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from Derek Turner contains these words: On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:51:39 +0100, mark wrote: This evening I planted out 24 runner beans. As they are flopping about like er..um ..something floppy I would like to tie them to the canes to give them the idea. My question is: which way do they grow, clock or anti? Like all plants they follow the light, i.e. the sun. Does that give you any clues? Er - not all climbers coil the same way. Flanders and Swann # "Said the bindweed to the honeysuckle..." /Flanders and Swann -- Rusty Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk |
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from Pam Moore contains these words: On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:51:39 +0100, "mark" wrote: This evening I planted out 24 runner beans. As they are flopping about like er..um ..something floppy I would like to tie them to the canes to give them the idea. My question is: which way do they grow, clock or anti? In my recollection they go anticlockwise but I haven't even planted mine yet so I'm relying on memory. You are correct - they go to the right of the cane and spiral in an anticlockwise direction. -- Rusty Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk |
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"wafflycat" wrote in message ... "Pam Moore" wrote in message ... On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:51:39 +0100, "mark" wrote: This evening I planted out 24 runner beans. As they are flopping about like er..um ..something floppy I would like to tie them to the canes to give them the idea. My question is: which way do they grow, clock or anti? In my recollection they go anticlockwise but I haven't even planted mine yet so I'm relying on memory. mark Pam in Bristol Just been out to check mine - they are all turning anticlockwise as they climb upwards. Thankyou. mark |
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On 30/04/09 10:44, wafflycat wrote:
"Pam Moore" wrote in message ... On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:51:39 +0100, "mark" wrote: This evening I planted out 24 runner beans. As they are flopping about like er..um ..something floppy I would like to tie them to the canes to give them the idea. My question is: which way do they grow, clock or anti? In my recollection they go anticlockwise but I haven't even planted mine yet so I'm relying on memory. mark Pam in Bristol Just been out to check mine - they are all turning anticlockwise as they climb upwards. Mine all go anti-clockwise too!! They are planted in a row that runs North-South. So, they are not following the Sun. Exact opposite in fact!! Then again, which way does your bathwater swirl when you pull the plug? Are all these things different for the northern and southern hemispheres? Ed (UK) |
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writes On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:51:39 +0100, "mark" wrote: This evening I planted out 24 runner beans. As they are flopping about like er..um ..something floppy I would like to tie them to the canes to give them the idea. My question is: which way do they grow, clock or anti? In my recollection they go anticlockwise but I haven't even planted mine yet so I'm relying on memory. Pam in Bristol I think mine did last year, and ISTR having to encourage them by winding and/or tying them. -- Gordon H Remove "invalid" to reply |
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"mark" wrote ... This evening I planted out 24 runner beans. As they are flopping about like er..um ..something floppy I would like to tie them to the canes to give them the idea. My question is: which way do they grow, clock or anti? You have planted out your Runner Bean plants!! Already? Must be a warm part of the UK you live in. I haven't even planted our seeds yet. -- Regards Bob Hobden just W. of London |
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