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Broadback wrote:

Smallish pods at the moment. I wish to eat them in the pod, however I
know that runner beans go coarse and stringy if left for long, are
french beans similar?

Yes. I recommend picking them just as the actual beans start to form,
but you will have to decide by trial and error. Pick a couple of the
oldest-looking and see.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.