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Dwarf runner beans
Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 5:45 pm
by submariner
This year, because of several reasons, I have put Dwarf runner beans in my raised (3ft) bed. They, according to the packet, grow to about 2ft. Has any one grown them? If so, what are they like. I do not mean French beans!
Incidentally, since growing carrots in my raised bed, I have never had carrot fly (done it now!)so there must be some truth in the story that the fly is low to the ground.
Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 9:54 pm
by Carole B.
They are just like tall runner beans only bent because they hit the ground,oh and they're vulnerable to slugs,snails and woodlice because...they hit the ground.
Perhaps you can tell I grew them once and wasn't impressed,sorry.
dwarf runner beans
Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 10:18 am
by submariner
Thank you carole. Worth a try I suppose.
Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 10:31 am
by Chez
Hello Submariner - we grew them once a couple of years ago. Great yield and good flavour too. The only thing that stops us growing them again is the beans end up sitting on the ground and always need a good wash before doing anything with them. Probably less of an issue in your raised be though. Ours were just planted in the ground.
Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 10:37 am
by oldherbaceous
If you put a straw mulch under them as they start to crop, this may help. And also pick the beans before they get to big.
You might be pleasantly surprised.
Kind regards Old Herbaceous.
Theres no fool like an old fool.
Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 10:40 am
by Johnboy
Hi Submariner,
Because it is rather hilly in this area most gardens slope and a friend of mine (she is 88 this year)
in order to get a Patio they had to have a JCB cut into the rising ground and then a retaining wall which is 5ft high and she grow Hestia Dwarf Runners in largish pots and they are then placed by me on the wall and when she is picking all she has to do is turn the pots round and the crops she gets each year are phenominal. It seems with Hestia the more you pick the more you get.
dwarf runner beans
Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 2:51 pm
by submariner
Thank you to all. It seems as though, if I am careful, I should do OK.
Submariner
Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 3:32 pm
by Glory B
I bought four 'dwarf patio' runner bean plants this morning...purely by mistake...as well as the usual variety.
Just read people's comments and now getting worried. I have put them in a large container...should I still guard against slugs?...not sure how high they climb.
Maybe a bit of sharp sand mixed with tin tacks?
Glory B