First runners

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  1. capney

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    I have just picked my first runners on the season...yummy
     
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    Well done!

    Your beans are about a week ahead of mine.

    Mind you, they just taken an awful hammering from the wind which has been very strong down here. I've had to trim off quite a few broken shoots.
     
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    You've beaten me Robert, well done. I bet they were lovely, can't wait for mine - maybe a couple of days for the first pickings.

    We had that bad wind yesterday Flinty, took a few branches off some trees but no damage to the veg luckily.
     
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    Well done Robert :gnthb:.

    My first beans were ready this week as well :thumb: but the leaves have got windburnt over the last two days :(.

    We're about four weeks behind last year and five weeks behind 2007 (I looked at my photos to check the date :)). I have a photo I took July 7th 2007 when I had picked over 2lb of beans and by the end of the month I was picking 10lb at a time.

    Come on beans, get a move on :hehe:.
     
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    Thanks Shiney for the info.
    Saves me the bother as I reckoned we were a few weeks behind. I`ve no need to check my records now:)
     
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    At your service, sir! :ntwrth:
     
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    Well done everyone ! I had my first picking on Saturday, and had some more for tea tonight

    :)
     
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    Pics, or it didnt happen! :D
     
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    Ive eaten them D'oh......... ok you asked for it .... watch this space
     
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    Keeping my gob shut, I am NOT going to say that my "early" planting out experiment worked but I've already started freezing surplus beans cos we're getting "fed up" with eating them every other day :D

    Been picking Runners for about 3 weeks now and climbing french beans for a tad over a month.

    My backup plants are doing well too, I planted these a bit late, the first flowers have appeared on the french beans and the runners aren't too far behind!

    I know I've been lucky with my gamble but a worthwhile risk in this part of the country (London)
     
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    I'm still waiting for mine. They are just about 2" long at present. Only grown in pots this year though. My orangery has taken a chunk of the garden!! That is being built at present.
     
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    Ahem..... taken 5 mins ago

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    :D :D

    Bluey, you have very pretty beans!

    *Adds 'advanced peer pressure skills' to personal profile on on Cv*

    :D
     
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    Is that the same as 'I like winding people up' skills ? :skp:
     
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