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Runner Beans

Should I not be seeing my runner beans yet I have lots of flowers some have died off but no sign of any bean starting to ggrow. Any advice please,

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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618

    Make sure they have plenty of water. lack of water at the roots can make the flowers drop before they are pollinated.

  • TonksTonks Posts: 54

    The first lot of flowers on mine seemed to die off but the more recent ones have started producing little beans.  I have been watering them every night in the hot weather (like fidgetbones suggests) so maybe that has helped?

  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043

    A lot of water in hot weather does help, but they always tend to drop off when it's hot.

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • MARIE5MARIE5 Posts: 4

    Thanks for help, yes well watered, only seen one bee in garden this year and that was after the flowers, should I be worried NO BEES ??

  • MARIE5MARIE5 Posts: 4

    Have also been  giving them some tomato liquid fertilizer once a week is that OK ??

  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618

    Some varieties of runner are self pollinating. T &M have some. (Firestorm and Moonlight) If no bees turn up theres not a lot you can do about it. Maybe plant a flower that they like nearby.  eg  a lavender in a pot that you can move about. If you can't get bees on lavender, then you have to try getting homes for bees in your garden for next year and maybe growing the self pollinating variety.

  • ItalophileItalophile Posts: 1,731
    MARIE5 wrote (see)

    Have also been  giving them some tomato liquid fertilizer once a week is that OK ??

    If the soil is decent to start with, they don't need any fertilising. They manufacture their own nitrogen supply anyway.

  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190

    We pick the first flowers at the bottom off anyway, they will grow a stronger plant and cope better

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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