sorry Annie for the delay in replying. Dog not been well. I am in Surrey so further south than you but 15 degrees during the day and 8 to 10 at night should do it and also try and avoid cold wind as Verdun says. I am not planning to plant mine out for another 3 weeks yet.
My runner beans are in loo rolls on the dining room table and already quite tall and waving - it's far too cold here in Bath to plant out yet but should I repot in bigger individual pots?
They sound as if they are not getting enough light. Have you any room on a window sill? If the roots are coming out of the bottom of the tubes I think I would probably try and pot them on. What does everyone else think?
Thanks Verdun and Rosemary51. They will be going into a raised bed which is sheltered on two sides so I only have the other two to worry about and I would think they will be safe to go out at the end of May. Next year I will definitely delay sowing them until the end of April, I really wasn't prepared for them to grow this fast but they seem to be doing alright in the greenhouse.
Rosemary51 I hope your dog is on the mend now; it's no fun when they are poorly.
I'm going to sow mine within the next few days - probably in root trainers if I can find where I put them last year - if not they'll go in small pots - then they'll go in the little greenhouse.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
My beans are just poking through the compost in the cold greenhouse too. I won't plant them out until the middle of May. That as a good tip about sowing a seed by the side of each plant.
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My garden ruler says to space them 6" apart.
ok, thanks guys
sorry Annie for the delay in replying. Dog not been well. I am in Surrey so further south than you but 15 degrees during the day and 8 to 10 at night should do it and also try and avoid cold wind as Verdun says. I am not planning to plant mine out for another 3 weeks yet.
My runner beans are in loo rolls on the dining room table and already quite tall and waving - it's far too cold here in Bath to plant out yet but should I repot in bigger individual pots?
Your dining room sounds like mine, Lizzie
Depth is what they need. And when you do plant, sow a seed next to each one, as an insurance, and to extend the cropping season.
They sound as if they are not getting enough light. Have you any room on a window sill? If the roots are coming out of the bottom of the tubes I think I would probably try and pot them on. What does everyone else think?
Thanks Verdun and Rosemary51. They will be going into a raised bed which is sheltered on two sides so I only have the other two to worry about and I would think they will be safe to go out at the end of May. Next year I will definitely delay sowing them until the end of April, I really wasn't prepared for them to grow this fast but they seem to be doing alright in the greenhouse.
Rosemary51 I hope your dog is on the mend now; it's no fun when they are poorly.
I'm going to sow mine within the next few days - probably in root trainers if I can find where I put them last year - if not they'll go in small pots - then they'll go in the little greenhouse.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
My beans are just poking through the compost in the cold greenhouse too. I won't plant them out until the middle of May. That as a good tip about sowing a seed by the side of each plant.