Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Runner beans
Urglers,
This year I have grown two lots of runner beans on wigwams. The seeds we- Unwins "Scarlet Emperor" at £1.99 a packet and their "Polestar" at £2.79 a packet. The raised bed in which the beans were grown was treated with farmyard compost before planting out the greenhouse grown plants. They have been well and regularly watered. The growing methods I used this year were no different to those I have used for many years in various gardens. To tell the truth, my wife and I are very disappointed with both beans, for although they germinated well, produced prolific stem, side shoots, leaf growth and plenty of flowers, the beans are short. badly shaped and they certainly lack taste. In fact, I would go so far as to say that their taste is akin to the cash crop almost tastless runner beans we get early in the year from some African countries which are a pleasant change of veg. in the late winter, but make me look forward to tasty beans from our garden. I will not grow these beans again. I would be interested to know others' opinions of these beans and if anybody can recommend a runner bean with tons of taste . . . . . . Regards Ron |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Runner beans, wot beans ?? | United Kingdom | |||
Is a runner bean a runner bean | United Kingdom | |||
Runner Beans | United Kingdom | |||
Runner Beans - No Beans ! | United Kingdom | |||
Runner Beans, lots of flowers but no beans | United Kingdom |