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Bloody runner beans!
In message , shazzbat
writes "alan.holmes" wrote in message ... Each morning I go to the bottom of the garden to pick runner beans, and often I cannot find any, then a couple of days later there are dozens of them, huge and well past their best, so where have they been hiding, and how can I be sure to find the damnned things before they get to the stage when they are inedible? They're good at hiding aren't they? We pick them in 3 stages. SWMBO picks all she can see, then I pick all I can see, then SWMBO goes back a few minutes later and picks some more. We still miss a couple, but not many. Steve For the last few years I have adopted the method of sticking 8 ft canes in the ground (2 rows of 10 or so facing each other) but, rather than leaving 1ft or so overlap at the top as "normal", I "cross" them much lower down leaving at least 4 - 5 ft on the upper side of the cross. This has certainly been beneficial in being able to spot the beans most of which hang straight down above the cross point. I grow in raised 4ft wide beds and have never had them overlapping the parameters of the bed. Out of interest, since adopting this practice the beans have done much better in the village flower show )). It may be worth considering for next year. -- Gopher .... I know my place! Deepest Dorset |
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