Posted by David Rance on November 14, 2011, 6:17 pm
This year I grew four sorts of beans. White and red kidney beans, french
beans and runners. The white, red and runner pods have dried beautifully
on the plant and I have some good seed for next year as well as for
cooking.
However the french beans have not dried properly and most have rotted
away. Since they were all in the same plot I don't understand why the
french beans rotted. The same thing happened last year except that all
varieties of beans rotted on the plant.
Has anyone else had this problem with french beans?
David
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Posted by Janet on November 14, 2011, 8:42 pm
david.rance@invalid.invalid says...
>
> This year I grew four sorts of beans. White and red kidney beans, french
> beans and runners. The white, red and runner pods have dried beautifully
> on the plant and I have some good seed for next year as well as for
> cooking.
>
> However the french beans have not dried properly and most have rotted
> away. Since they were all in the same plot I don't understand why the
> french beans rotted. The same thing happened last year except that all
> varieties of beans rotted on the plant.
>
> Has anyone else had this problem with french beans?
I grew some purple-pod french beans (I don't know the name as the seed
came from a friend who had saved it). The crop was so poor I had to save
what little there was for seed to try again if we get a better summer next
year; and not much of the seed looks any good :-(
Janet
Posted by nmm1 on November 15, 2011, 4:25 am
>david.rance@invalid.invalid says...
>>
>> This year I grew four sorts of beans. White and red kidney beans, french
>> beans and runners. The white, red and runner pods have dried beautifully
>> on the plant and I have some good seed for next year as well as for
>> cooking.
>>
>> However the french beans have not dried properly and most have rotted
>> away. Since they were all in the same plot I don't understand why the
>> french beans rotted. The same thing happened last year except that all
>> varieties of beans rotted on the plant.
>>
>> Has anyone else had this problem with french beans?
> I grew some purple-pod french beans (I don't know the name as the seed
>came from a friend who had saved it). The crop was so poor I had to save
>what little there was for seed to try again if we get a better summer next
>year; and not much of the seed looks any good :-(
Yes. I have got some, but have the problem fairly regularly. It is
due to high humidity in cool conditions, and some varieties are much
more sensitive than others. I grow climbing ones, and find that I
must not pick them for drying before the pods have got at least half
dry. Even then, the low pods often rot and lots of them do in poor
years.
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
Posted by <vicky on November 15, 2011, 9:18 am
> I grew some purple-pod french beans (I don't know the name as the seed
> came from a friend who had saved it). The crop was so poor I had to save
> what little there was for seed to try again if we get a better summer next
> year; and not much of the seed looks any good :-(
Were they dwarf beans? I have done a handful of purples the past few years
and found that although they're not prolific, they do seem to come earlier
than the others. They also tend to be very small.
Posted by Janet on November 15, 2011, 11:08 am
vicky@dinky.vm.bytemark.co.uk says...
>
> > I grew some purple-pod french beans (I don't know the name as the seed
> > came from a friend who had saved it). The crop was so poor I had to save
> > what little there was for seed to try again if we get a better summer next
> > year; and not much of the seed looks any good :-(
>
> Were they dwarf beans? I have done a handful of purples the past few years
> and found that although they're not prolific, they do seem to come earlier
> than the others. They also tend to be very small.
When I got them, I understood they were bush beans; but when they
started strangling everything within reach the previous grower told me
they were climbers. Some of them got supports and some didn't :-)
They were planted out at the same time as my green runner beans. The
runners were producing beans about 6 weeks before the purple pods even
flowered.
I shall persist with them if only as an addition to my purple
ornamental plants.. even the leaves have a shady purplish cast and the
flowers are violet.
Janet
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> This year I grew four sorts of beans. White and red kidney beans, french
> beans and runners. The white, red and runner pods have dried beautifully
> on the plant and I have some good seed for next year as well as for
> cooking.
>
> However the french beans have not dried properly and most have rotted
> away. Since they were all in the same plot I don't understand why the
> french beans rotted. The same thing happened last year except that all
> varieties of beans rotted on the plant.
>
> Has anyone else had this problem with french beans?