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Runners beans failed
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 |
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Judith in France wrote: 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? 95% with "maincrop" broad beans, 99% with fennel, scorzonera and salsify - and probably also some of my carror sowings. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Judith in France wrote:
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 My runner beans were around 95% successful. They are all beans saved from previous years. Originally they were from England "Streamline", but the original packet was probably around 8 years ago! My only total failure is parsnips. Neither of the two batches sowed (two months apart) in the garden has germinated, or have do so too slowly such that they are over-run with weed seedlings. I've just hoed over my last failed batch. I managed to germinate some in a pot to transplant out, but the slugs / snails polished the lot off! Score 0 / 3 at the moment :-( Can't possibly have a Christmas roast dinner without some parsnips! It would be a disaster and totally ruin Christmas! -- David in Normandy. To e-mail you must include the password FROG on the subject line, or it will be automatically deleted by a filter and not reach my inbox. |
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Runners beans failed
On Jun 13, 12:13*pm, Judith in France
wrote: I had some runner beans which I brough from England. *Only 2 have germinated, I dug down and the rest have all rotted away! * Yes, English athletics is in a poor state right now. |
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"Judith in France" wrote in message ... 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 We always sow runner beans in pots outside and transplant them as some little bugs always eat the seed in the ground. Transplanting is reasonably quick and almost 100% effective, wind and slugs causing a minimal loss. www.rraa.moonfruit.com |
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"Judith in France" wrote in message ... 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 This is my first year of trying to grow things 'seriously' as I'm a newbie and have a laid-back attitude to gardening failure (it's my normal state of gardening...) and complete joy at anything that manages to grow. Runner beans:so many seedlings I gave some away. Ditto for dwarf french beans. Peas doing well except for 'Kelvedon Wonder' as it isn't.. got quite a few failures with that one. 'Onward' have been much better. Tomatoes and squashes are like triffids, taking over everything. Sweet & hot peppers - lots of growth and flowers, but little pollination & setting of fruits so far. Onions coming along nicely. Spring onions slow to germinate & grow but seem to be picking up a bit. Broad beans... going mad. Lots of height, zillions of flowers and loads of bean pods forming. Swiss chard, beetroot, kale, kohl rabi, lettuces, carrots, strawbs, all going ok. Garlic developing well as is parsley, thyme, rosemary, sage, chives and the like. Potatoes are developing into trees.. |
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"Judith in France" wrote in message ... 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. |
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Robert (Plymouth) wrote:
We always sow runner beans in pots outside and transplant them as some little bugs always eat the seed in the ground. Transplanting is reasonably quick and almost 100% effective, wind and slugs causing a minimal loss. Back in England I used to start off the runner beans in individual pots in the greenhouse. Since living in France I always plant the seeds directly into the ground with great success. There tends to be some slug damage to the seedlings despite a scattering of slug pellets, and some are nibbled right back to the stem, but they seem to grow faster than the pests eating them. They are now around three feet high with a few flowering. Maybe they would be a little more advanced with my old method, but at the moment there is no shortage of other veg to eat in the garden and by the end of the season we will undoubtedly be sick of the sight of runner beans anyway. It was always a lot of faff watering the individual pots and tending them - especially when they get leggy prior to planting out. -- David in Normandy. To e-mail you must include the password FROG on the subject line, or it will be automatically deleted by a filter and not reach my inbox. |
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"Judith in France" wrote ... 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? Due to am impending trip to SW France we planted our beans in situ out on the allotment. Have had problems with White Runners (White Lady, 2 from 12) and Climbing French Beans (Cobra, again 2 from 12). The Red Runners all came up and so did all but 3 of the Borlotti. Planted again and am keeping them in the greenhouse so they stay warm and damp, got 2 more White Lady so far. The Red runners and Borlotti were fresh seed! -- Regards Bob Hobden just W. of London |
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On Jun 13, 3:24*pm, "Bob Hobden" wrote:
"Judith in France" *wrote ...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? Due to am impending trip to SW France we planted our beans in situ out on the allotment. Have had problems with White Runners (White Lady, 2 from 12) and Climbing French Beans (Cobra, again 2 from 12). The Red Runners all came up and so did all but 3 of the Borlotti. Planted again and am keeping them in the greenhouse so they stay warm and damp, got 2 more White Lady so far. The Red runners and Borlotti were fresh seed! -- Regards Bob Hobden just W. of London Where in SW France Bob? I will take the good advice given here and start them off in pots next time. Judith |
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"Judith in France" wrote "Bob Hobden" wrote: "Judith in France" wrote ...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? Due to am impending trip to SW France we planted our beans in situ out on the allotment. Have had problems with White Runners (White Lady, 2 from 12) and Climbing French Beans (Cobra, again 2 from 12). The Red Runners all came up and so did all but 3 of the Borlotti. Planted again and am keeping them in the greenhouse so they stay warm and damp, got 2 more White Lady so far. The Red runners and Borlotti were fresh seed! Where in SW France Bob? I will take the good advice given here and start them off in pots next time. We stayed in a Farmhouse B & B just outside the town of Lafrancaise, nearest larger town is Moissac. It was a friends 60th birthday so we went for her party and a holiday. -- Regards Bob Hobden just W. of London |
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"Judith in France" wrote in message ... 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 For me it's a question of timing and this year I've been lucky. During the warm spell in May I planted my French climbers (Blue Lake and Hunter) in compost filled gravel trays, in the greenhouse. They all germinated and are now in situ. French dwarf beans were planted direct into the soil, at the same time and these are doing ok, although they germinated 10 days after the climbers. However, if we get another cool wet summer, I won't be expecting a crop from the climbers. - |
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"Judith in France" wrote in message ... 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 Yes the rabbits grazed mine off! |
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Runners beans failed
"Judith in France" wrote in message ... 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? None of the ones we planted on the allotment have germinated. Other [more experienced] plot holders are also reporting poor germination. -- Kathy It's pointless to try and discuss ethics with a spider. |
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Runners beans failed
On Jun 13, 6:19*pm, "Bertie Doe" wrote:
"Judith in France" wrote in ... 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 For me it's a question of timing and this year I've been lucky. During the warm spell in May I planted my French climbers (Blue Lake and Hunter) in compost filled gravel trays, in the greenhouse. They all germinated and are now in situ. French dwarf beans were planted direct into the soil, at the same time and these are doing ok, although they germinated 10 days after the climbers. However, if we get another cool wet summer, I won't be expecting a crop from the climbers. - It's very interesting reading all the replies; it seems some of us have had mixed results. Next year I will germinate and then plant out. Judith |
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