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Runner beans hiding

KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
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Why can't somebody produce a variety of runner bean which isn't virtually the same colour as the foliage.  I end up dizzy from doing several circuits of my beans trying to ensure that I don't miss any.  Surely it's not too much to ask. :D

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  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Mine are in a row too, but the buggers keep hiding.  I'll see them by peeking in the end of the row, but when I go along the front to get them.......
  • TheveggardenerTheveggardener Posts: 1,057
    I'm only 5ft and the cains are 8ft and the rotters are only producing at the top and I can't reach them :'(
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Can’t reach the top of mine either, the worst thing is when you miss the same one for several days! 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • TheveggardenerTheveggardener Posts: 1,057

    1Runnybeak1 and Lyn, son is tall thank goodness so I asked him to pick the one's at the very top for me tonight. I had thought of using the ladder but don't like heights and so would tell me off. As I can't reach to stop them growing I'm hoping the tops will hang down and the beans will do the same. It won't matter soon as sadly we will need to pick everything and take the vines down:'( 
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I love the changing seasons, I don’t mind when the flowers have finished and I can have a rest for the winter.  Spring is my favourite season when everything starts popping up, but then I’m flat out busy seed sowing. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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