Killed my beans :(

Adam Moran · May 13, 2009

I planted my climbing cobra beans and tendergreen bush beans last weekend and they are dead already

They were watered and the temp hasnt been below 8'c at night.... Have i dont something wrong?

I did grow them in my mini greenhouse, has that been the problem?

Also i'm going to have to buy some more, any reccomdations??

Thanks

Adam

johnny boy · May 13, 2009

Adam

Can you describe the death? Was it the stem perishing and did they die from the top or bottom?

Cobra are the best variety of climbing french I sell a lot to my customers - don't give up on them.

Johnny Boy

www.thevegetablebed.co.uk

Adam Moran · May 13, 2009

leaves have shriveld up and some of them look like they have had the leafs eaten

pete · May 13, 2009

Sounds to me like they needed hardening off.
Adam have you been getting the same strong easterly wind that we have for the last two days?

Freddy · May 13, 2009

pete said:
Sounds to me like they needed hardening off.
Click to expand...

Yes, my thoughts too.

Kristen · May 13, 2009

I chitted (on wet kitchen paper) my climbing French beans (and Runners) at the weekend and have planted them into cells today.

Last year I sowed them much earlier and they were a nightmare to keep checked until 1st June (when I think it it warm enough to plant them out). They were 5' high, or so, a mass of tangled shoots, lots of damage caused during planting out, and then the breeze dried them out and they pretty much started again from the base.

So I've planted them later this year :thumb:

JWK · May 13, 2009

I think it may be just too early and too cold for runners Adam. I planted mine out a couple of days ago, but they still have a cold frame around them. That cold wind yesterday would have finished them off for sure if they weren't protected. I've never planted them this early before and reckon I will be lucky if they survive. My main batch have only just been sown in trays and won't go out till June.

You've still got plenty of time to start again.

Adam Moran · May 14, 2009

Thanks for the advice.

I'm going to get some more cobra beans today and plant the whole lot again.

Shall make a note in my allotment diary for next year!!

Kristen · May 14, 2009

"Shall make a note in my allotment diary for next year!! "

Let me know if you would like a copy of my Crop Planning Spreadsheet - details in this thread:

http://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/showthread.php/should-long-20227.html?p=318826#post318826

Adam Moran · May 14, 2009

I'd love a copy please!

At the moment i write it down in a small diary but would be much better on the laptop.

my e-mail is [email protected]

Just brought some more cobra beans from wilkinsons.. will sow them at the weekend

shiney · May 14, 2009

I always grow beans in succession which allows me to experiment by planting some out early and if they don't survive the next lot go out a couple of weeks later. That way you can hedge your bets. For the last few years I have been lucky :thmb: and the early ones have survived without hardening off but strong winds can do more damage than chilly, above freezing, nights.

Even if the early ones survive OK I still plant out every couple of weeks and if they are all doing well I sell the surplus plants for a local charity.

Good luck with your next batch. I'm sure they will be OK

Kristen · May 14, 2009

Do you find there is much between then?

I'm under the impressions that the earlier sowing will only be days ahead of a sowing aimed for planting out on 1st June

I would be very interested in your first-harvest-date for any batches you can identify please.

shiney · May 14, 2009

Hi Kristen

I haven't planted very early this year (for various reasons) but last year I planted them out in April and I was eating them by early July.

I've put a link below to the thread I put up last year. It has some dates and varieties of bean throughout my postings. I don't keep records because I find that I am so busy I wouldn't be able to stick to any plan. Hence them being later this year. We have only just planted out the first batch.

In general I find that if we plant early and they don't get frosted then we are eating them earlier - sometimes a lot earlier. The later ones gradually catch up and the early ones tend to slow down earlier than the later ones. As we approach autumn the early ones are nearly finished but the late ones keep going until the frost gets them. So we get a longer season by planting in succession.

http://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/fo...e-yum-yum-15538.html?t=15538&highlight=runner

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