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Sowing beans
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I was quite suprised, wasn't expecting an answer today, however, what the young lady says, is that both, being of the French variety, they are half hardy, and therefore completely susceptible to frost, and shouldn't be grown in soils that are heavy, acid or lime, and shouldn't be grown in a bed if itwas last used for beans, as for which way round, she puts all her beans in horizontally, but thats all she said on it.
I hope this is at least some use.
Top marks for speed of response Lonnie Many thanks for the enlightening reply about their hardiness and soil conditions. I normally start my beans off indoors and don't plant out until risk of frost has disappeared but it's fascinating to sow all the beans at the same time and see the difference in germination times. Runners and Borlotti (Red streaked skins) germinate twice as quickly and hardly ever fail.
I grow climbing beans and tomatoes against a south facing fence and every year swap their positions over to avoid pest build up in the soil. Not quite an ideal rotation plan, I know, but in a smallish garden and them both being tall growers, they would completely overshadow my vegetable patch. Do you save your own bean seed by the way? (One interesting thing I discovered 2 years ago. I saved my own climbing French bean seed. Sowed it the following year and they all came out as the dwarf variety !!)