Growing Beans - climbing, also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners

Phaseolus vulgaris, Phaseolus coccineus : Fabaceae / the pea or legume family

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(Best months for growing Beans - climbing in New Zealand - cool/mountain regions)

P = Sow seed

Easy to grow. Sow in garden. Sow seed at a depth approximately three times the diameter of the seed. Best planted at soil temperatures between 61°F and 86°F. (Show °C/cm)
Space plants: 4 - 8 inches apart
Harvest in 9-11 weeks.
Compatible with (can grow beside): Sweetcorn, spinach, lettuce, summer savory, dill, carrots, brassicas, beets, radish, strawberry, cucumbers, zucchini, tagates minuta (wild marigold)
Avoid growing close to: Alliums (Chives, leek, garlic, onions), Florence fennel

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24 May 10, (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Diggers Club sell Melbourne-local runners.
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02 Apr 10, Lynne Brogan (Australia - temperate climate): Scarlet Runner beans are perennial (3 to 4 years but loosing vigour each year). Do I let them die back or cut them back after they have finished bearing, and if I cut them back,how close to the ground do I cut them. back to ground level
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15 Feb 10, David Rickertt (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Can someone tell what gaudia beans like in the way of water & fertiziler i am growing them but don't know a lot about them david R
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22 Jan 10, Gladys Cutajar (Australia - temperate climate): Can anyone tell me how to freeze beans properly. Mine seem to be really soggy when I cook them. I don't blanch them and cook in only a small amount of water.
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15 Jan 10, (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Can I plant scarlet runner plants now , I live in hobart , tas
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05 Jan 10, Kate (Australia - temperate climate): Scarlet runner beans will only set when it is cool.... any heat at all will make lots of beautiful flowers but no beans. They will set beans in early autumn but always insist on coming up and flowering too early. Next year try covering them with very thick mulch to keep the soil cool so they come up later.
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23 Apr 16, Vivienne (Australia - cool/mountain climate): The answer for pod set on scarlet runners is to use a fine mist of water on the flowers in the early morning or evening. This works a treat and you will end up with a glut.
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04 Jan 10, Lean Lim (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Help! My scarlet runner beans are producing lots of flowers but no beans. Why are the beans not forming?
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13 Apr 09, Cris (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Grubs are garbage collecters. You are missing a nutrient or the beans are not in the right climate, etc. Are you using town(poison) water? I found that just getting the minerals up with that balck coal ash they sell for drainage works well. I use sea minerals, fish, etc. as well now. Have very few problems. Any step you make towards better plant health will up the resistance to pests. Read "Science in Agriiculture" by Arden Andersen if you want to find out more. Cheers Cris
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12 Apr 09, mickey (Australia - sub-tropical climate): we are growing purple climbers but bugs have taken over with lava growing inside the stems,can anyone help...
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