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Runner Bean/French cross bean Moonlight
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I have sown some moonlight runner bean seed I am wounder if anybody else have tried them last year and if so what were your experiences like and what did they cook like,also did they set better than the normal runner beans has they are claim on the packet,I would be interested to hear other people opinions. Pete
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I bought them because of the claims on the packet. However they have been very temperamental! Out of all my plantings,only 5 have grown to the point of planting out! The rest have been a disaster,2 grew two enormous leaves,but no tendrils,some were totally deformed,and some just didn't germinate,the beans turned white and powdery,and that was it!!
I'm afraid I won't grow them again,too unreliable. Back to the red flowering ones next year!! Maybe you'll have more luck than me??
I hope you do,let me know.
No point in sowing any earlier, they won’t germinate well.