"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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"mark" wrote ...
This evening I planted out 24 runner beans. As they are flopping about
like er..um ..something floppy I would like to tie them to the canes to
give them the idea.
My question is: which way do they grow, clock or anti?


You have planted out your Runner Bean plants!! Already? Must be a warm
part of the UK you live in. I haven't even planted our seeds yet.

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Regards
Bob Hobden
just W. of London



Mine have been out for a couple of weeks... they are thriving here in
mid-Norfolk. I sowed mine in paper pots filled with compost and had them on
a sunny windowsill for germination. I just kept the compost moist and up
they popped. indeed they were getting on for a foot tall when I planted them
out. I kept putting it off and putting it off.. but they just kept on
growing. So I keep an eye on the temperature for risk of frost. So far.. so
good. But I do have a few ready to pop out if Mother Nature decides to kick
me up the backside and teach me a lesson...

"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
...

"mark" wrote ...
This evening I planted out 24 runner beans. As they are flopping about
like er..um ..something floppy I would like to tie them to the canes to
give them the idea.
My question is: which way do they grow, clock or anti?


You have planted out your Runner Bean plants!! Already? Must be a warm
part of the UK you live in. I haven't even planted our seeds yet.


I did wonder about that so have sown quite a few as back-up.

mark (in frost free Norfolk...hmmm!
)

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Mine have been out for a couple of weeks... they are thriving here in
mid-Norfolk. I sowed mine in paper pots filled with compost and had them on
a sunny windowsill for germination. I just kept the compost moist and up
they popped. indeed they were getting on for a foot tall when I
planted them
out. I kept putting it off and putting it off.. but they just kept on
growing. So I keep an eye on the temperature for risk of frost. So far.. so
good. But I do have a few ready to pop out if Mother Nature decides to kick
me up the backside and teach me a lesson...

You'd do well to buy a length of fleece...

--
Rusty
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
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Rusty_Hinge wrote:
The message
from "wafflycat" contains these
words:

Mine have been out for a couple of weeks... they are thriving here in
mid-Norfolk. I sowed mine in paper pots filled with compost and had
them on a sunny windowsill for germination. I just kept the compost
moist and up they popped. indeed they were getting on for a foot
tall when I
planted them
out. I kept putting it off and putting it off.. but they just kept on
growing. So I keep an eye on the temperature for risk of frost. So
far.. so good. But I do have a few ready to pop out if Mother Nature
decides to kick me up the backside and teach me a lesson...

You'd do well to buy a length of fleece...

Do you mean real fleece? I spin all mine...

"Rusty_Hinge" wrote in message
. uk...
The message
from "wafflycat" contains these words:

Mine have been out for a couple of weeks... they are thriving here in
mid-Norfolk. I sowed mine in paper pots filled with compost and had them
on
a sunny windowsill for germination. I just kept the compost moist and up
they popped. indeed they were getting on for a foot tall when I
planted them
out. I kept putting it off and putting it off.. but they just kept on
growing. So I keep an eye on the temperature for risk of frost. So far..
so
good. But I do have a few ready to pop out if Mother Nature decides to
kick
me up the backside and teach me a lesson...

You'd do well to buy a length of fleece...


Have got at the ready. I check the weather forecast a couple of times a day
to check for updates.. Not that I'm paranoid

On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:51:39 +0100, "mark" wrote:

This evening I planted out 24 runner beans. As they are flopping about like
er..um ..something floppy I would like to tie them to the canes to give them
the idea.
My question is: which way do they grow, clock or anti?


mark

climbing clockwise when viewed from above

On 30 Apr 2009 00:12:30 GMT, Derek Turner wrote:

On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:51:39 +0100, mark wrote:

This evening I planted out 24 runner beans. As they are flopping about
like er..um ..something floppy I would like to tie them to the canes to
give them the idea.
My question is: which way do they grow, clock or anti?


mark

Like all plants they follow the light, i.e. the sun. Does that give you
any clues?


Must admit - I have never considered it like that (I am not sure that
it *is* the reason !! ) - but it is an excellent way to remember.

(Is it the reason?)

On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:08:09 +0100, "Bob Hobden"
wrote:


"mark" wrote ...
This evening I planted out 24 runner beans. As they are flopping about
like er..um ..something floppy I would like to tie them to the canes to
give them the idea.
My question is: which way do they grow, clock or anti?


You have planted out your Runner Bean plants!! Already? Must be a warm part
of the UK you live in. I haven't even planted our seeds yet.


Same here - still in the packet!!!

Judith Smith writes
On 30 Apr 2009 00:12:30 GMT, Derek Turner wrote:

On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:51:39 +0100, mark wrote:

This evening I planted out 24 runner beans. As they are flopping about
like er..um ..something floppy I would like to tie them to the canes to
give them the idea.
My question is: which way do they grow, clock or anti?


mark

Like all plants they follow the light, i.e. the sun. Does that give you
any clues?


Must admit - I have never considered it like that (I am not sure that
it *is* the reason !! ) - but it is an excellent way to remember.

(Is it the reason?)

I doubt it, else why would some plants grow clockwise and others
anticlockwise?
--
Kay

"Judith Smith" wrote in message
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On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:51:39 +0100, "mark" wrote:

This evening I planted out 24 runner beans. As they are flopping about
like
er..um ..something floppy I would like to tie them to the canes to give
them
the idea.
My question is: which way do they grow, clock or anti?


mark

climbing clockwise when viewed from above


I sow mine sequentialy to avoid the usual glut of runner beans. My method is
to bring them on in pots in the greenhouse first, a pair sown each time, so
that the ones that follow don't catch up too much. I usually wait until the
first pair of beans have produced leaves before I sow the next pair etc so
that's maybe three weeks apart. They won't be that far apart by the time the
beans are ready....

The message
from Judith Smith contains these words:
On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:51:39 +0100, "mark" wrote:

This evening I planted out 24 runner beans. As they are flopping
about like
er..um ..something floppy I would like to tie them to the canes to
give them
the idea.
My question is: which way do they grow, clock or anti?


mark

climbing clockwise when viewed from above

Anticlockwise from above - clockwise when viewed by Jack.

--
Rusty
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
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The message
from Judith Smith contains these words:
On 30 Apr 2009 00:12:30 GMT, Derek Turner wrote:
On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:51:39 +0100, mark wrote:

This evening I planted out 24 runner beans. As they are flopping about
like er..um ..something floppy I would like to tie them to the canes to
give them the idea.
My question is: which way do they grow, clock or anti?


mark

Like all plants they follow the light, i.e. the sun. Does that give you
any clues?


Must admit - I have never considered it like that (I am not sure that
it *is* the reason !! ) - but it is an excellent way to remember.

Lead you astray, that will...

(Is it the reason?)

(No.)

--
Rusty
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
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In message , Andy
writes

I sow mine sequentialy to avoid the usual glut of runner beans. My method is
to bring them on in pots in the greenhouse first, a pair sown each time, so
that the ones that follow don't catch up too much. I usually wait until the
first pair of beans have produced leaves before I sow the next pair etc so
that's maybe three weeks apart. They won't be that far apart by the time the
beans are ready....

That's what I should do, there's still time to sow and plant them, and I
always get too many, and then they start to fill my freezer!
I might try fewer plants and stagger them, as you suggest.
--
Gordon H
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