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annabel where are you!

Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
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Some of us were chatting about beans (and peas) recently, 2 years ago, I grew Annabel dwarf beans got a kg from each plant, and they were really tasty, couildnt get them last year so grew Ferrari, no-where near such a good yeald, this year I managed to buy Annabel again (Kings seeds, recomended on here) sowed the first batch 3/3 ONE has germinated, second bach 24/3 again ONE, anyone else had problems this year?

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  • Valley GardenerValley Gardener Posts: 2,851
    Not with Annabel,but I'm having trouble with Moonlight. They are coming up deformed or rotted bean,or just two enormous leaves with nothing else! I'm on my third planting of them,I've put them in different places in case that was the problem i.e. not warm enough.
    They had such a good write up,but next year I'm back to red flowering common old ones!!
    The whole truth is an instrument that can only be played by an expert.
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    I gave up, took the propogator outside tipped the first little section of four cells into a trug, and guess what EVERY one of the beans had burst through its shell and was sprouting,! so I put them all carefully back, had sown a second batch plus a sowing of Ferrari I bough last year, which didnt have such a good crop.  They are now a few inches high, although it did say 7-14 days germination, they were sown at the begining of March.  They are in our bedroom window, so nice and warm, south facing, am pleased now (apart from the vein weevils) another post!!!
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    VINE weevils even!!!
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