My runner and dwarf beans now have no flowers or beans and are looking a
little sad. Id there any point leaving them in case we get a frost-free
October and hence more cropping? Or should I clear them up now?

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com

: My runner and dwarf beans now have no flowers or beans and are
: looking a little sad. Id there any point leaving them in case we get
: a frost-free October and hence more cropping? Or should I clear them
: up now?
:
: Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com

It's time to take them down in that case. I have an unusual bonus! From the
same runner beans I started the season with I am still picking young runner
beans; another few pounds today. Never known it before

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My runner and dwarf beans now have no flowers or beans and are looking a
little sad. Id there any point leaving them in case we get a frost-free
October and hence more cropping? Or should I clear them up now?

I don't know about the dwarf beans, but dig up the runners' roots and
cut the stems off, leaving a few inches of each.

Store in a cool place in dry sand or peat over the winter, all in a
plastic sack or bucket. Don't let them freeze.

Plant next year and you'll have a head's start.

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from (Steve Harris) contains these words:

My runner and dwarf beans now have no flowers or beans and are looking a
little sad. Id there any point leaving them in case we get a frost-free
October and hence more cropping? Or should I clear them up now?

My runner beans are still lush, green and cropping though there have
been no flowers for a while. I keep taking off any beans that get big
and lumpy and fling them in the compost, and that seems to help keep new
ones forming (which otherwise might have just shrivelled up without
bothering to develop).

When you do cler them out, cut off their stems at ground level to
leave the nitrogen nodules on their roots in the ground.

Sweetcorn is still cropping nicely.

Janet.

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Sweetcorn is still cropping nicely.

Not on my bean vines.......

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(Janet Baraclough) wrote:

When you do cler them out, cut off their stems at ground level to
leave the nitrogen nodules on their roots in the ground.

This is common advice for all bean but I wonder if it is wise?

I followed Broad Beans with Winter Radish and Turnip. I reckoned the old
roots would get in the way and pulled them out and put on the compost
heap.

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com

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from Janet Baraclough contains these words:

Sweetcorn is still cropping nicely.

Not on my bean vines.......

You need to get the GM sort, silly.

Janet.

It's time to take them down in that case. I have an unusual bonus! From
the
same runner beans I started the season with I am still picking young
runner
beans; another few pounds today. Never known it before


I'm still picking fresh young runner beans here in the Midlands. Can't
believe it's October 7th!

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I'm still picking fresh young runner beans here in the Midlands. Can't
believe it's October 7th!

In two and three quarters of an hour (ish) it won't be.....

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I'm still picking fresh young runner beans here in the Midlands. Can't
believe it's October 7th!

I've now got a few flowers on my Dwarf Beans (Purple Queen)

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com

I'm still picking fresh young runner beans here in the Midlands. Can't
believe it's October 7th!

I've now got a few flowers on my Dwarf Beans (Purple Queen)

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com

I'm still picking fresh young runner beans here in the Midlands. Can't
believe it's October 7th!

I've now got a few flowers on my Dwarf Beans (Purple Queen)

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com