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Post by Bennetts on Dec 31, 2008 10:40:32 GMT 1
For the last 2 years I have been planting my runner beans in the same plot of land. Its edged with wood and each winter I dig veg peelings and garden waste into it. Its almost like a container in that respect.
Would it be OK to plant up runner beans in there this year as well, or should I think about another type of crop?
I also am using pods saved from the previous years crop.
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Post by bogmyrtle on Jan 5, 2009 18:18:15 GMT 1
For the last 2 years I have been planting my runner beans in the same plot of land. Its edged with wood and each winter I dig veg peelings and garden waste into it. Its almost like a container in that respect. Would it be OK to plant up runner beans in there this year as well, or should I think about another type of crop? I also am using pods saved from the previous years crop. I don't know Bennetts but am pinging this in case anyone has missed your query! |
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Post by Sleepy on Jan 5, 2009 18:23:47 GMT 1
For the last 2 years I have been planting my runner beans in the same plot of land. Its edged with wood and each winter I dig veg peelings and garden waste into it. Its almost like a container in that respect. Would it be OK to plant up runner beans in there this year as well, or should I think about another type of crop? I also am using pods saved from the previous years crop. I don't know Bennetts but am pinging this in case anyone has missed your query! I'm sorry. I meant to reply to this before. Runner beans like a cool root run. The best way to grow them is to dig a trench and fill with plenty of organic material - compost, grass cuttings, even newspaper. It doesn't matter that much of this is 'uncomposted' and will draw nitrogen (as the process of aerobic digestion does) as runner beans, like all legumes, fix nitrogen through the leaves and store it in root nodules. If you do this in a different place each year it is a ruddy good way of conditioning your ground. Make sure that you cut the old runner beans at ground level, leaving those precious root nodules in the ground for the next crop - brassicas for example. And remember to water your beans well during their growing season. It is alright to grow runner beans in the same place each year, but seems a waste of a useful resource. |
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Post by emseypop on Jan 8, 2009 12:48:03 GMT 1
Anybody tried growing galexy runnerbeans, are they really stringless? I have grand plans to grow runner beans up the swing set this year.  |
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Post by bogmyrtle on Jan 8, 2009 13:40:17 GMT 1
Anybody tried growing galexy runnerbeans, are they really stringless? I have grand plans to grow runner beans up the swing set this year. Perhaps one for the Trial Thread emsey, and yours Bennetts! |
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Post by alicat on Jan 16, 2009 22:45:09 GMT 1
Hi Bennetts - Glad Sleepy replied, I had tried googling to find an answer but no joy.  I was thinking though if each year you fill a trench with veg peelings etc, in effect you are making new compost.  My only concern was the nitrogen the beans fix into the soil, - would there be too much  but as Sleepy has covered this. Em's - I haven't tried the beans you have suggested but have tried Hunter - not much success i'm afraid but hoping to try them again at some point. |
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Post by Biggles on Jan 17, 2009 21:29:17 GMT 1
Bennets--Everything that has been mentioned is what I used to do so cant add anything more Good Luck with them--If you grow too many they do Freeze very well----Bigs
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Post by plotty on Jan 21, 2009 17:07:47 GMT 1
Hi Bennetts, I'm glad that sleepy pointed me to your question as I grow my Runner Bean crops in the same bed year after year. I as you do dig out a trench each year and mix in well rotted manure and compost and veg peelings that haven't already been composted. The only time to not grow them in the same bed is if your previous year's crop was poor or diseased in anyway. All the best for the season ahead, regards Steve. www.myallotments.com |
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Post by maggyd on Jan 21, 2009 17:15:09 GMT 1
Do you know I might just try some I havent for years not since I moved anyway! the only trouble is space! would they groww in a border that only gets the afternoon and evening sun?they would be in shade till about 3.00 I think, we didnt have much sun last year so I have forgotten.  |
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Post by alicat on Jan 22, 2009 0:05:34 GMT 1
Hi Bennetts, I'm glad that sleepy pointed me to your question as I grow my Runner Bean crops in the same bed year after year. I as you do dig out a trench each year and mix in well rotted manure and compost and veg peelings that haven't already been composted. The only time to not grow them in the same bed is if your previous year's crop was poor or diseased in anyway. All the best for the season ahead, regards Steve. www.myallotments.comThanks Plotty We've just got an allotment and I was wondering if we could use the same bed year after year. - It's good to get advice from an experienced lotty holder. Good luck for this year, lets hope the weather is better for us. Alicat. |
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Post by Bennetts on Jan 24, 2009 22:58:48 GMT 1
:)Thanks for the tips. I will carry on doing a form of compost trench. The reason why I don't move it around the garden is space. Its a narrow plot 0.7m by 6m with low fence on one side and a narrow path and the green house on the other. It acts as a shade to the green house early morning during the summer. I did a hole, dig in the veg waste, then back fill. etc, etc. Covering the area with a weed suppressing mat. Last years beens were saved from last years crop and produced a good yield. I saved pods last year as well, which I will sow in March. Yes there may be an increased risk of pests and the like, I will keep an eye on them. Any one want some runner bean pods (either enorma or red rum?)  |
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Post by Sleepy on Jan 24, 2009 23:01:04 GMT 1
:)Thanks for the tips. I will carry on doing a form of compost trench. The reason why I don't move it around the garden is space. Its a narrow plot 0.7m by 6m with low fence on one side and a narrow path and the green house on the other. It acts as a shade to the green house early morning during the summer. I did a hole, dig in the veg waste, then back fill. etc, etc. Covering the area with a weed suppressing mat. Last years beens were saved from last years crop and produced a good yield. I saved pods last year as well, which I will sow in March. Yes there may be an increased risk of pests and the like, I will keep an eye on them. Any one want some runner bean pods (either enorma or red rum?) That'll be fine. Planting runnerbeans in the same place each year does not, as far as I am aware, pose pest risks  |
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but as Sleepy has covered this. 
