runner beans

[tinkertontom]

can anyone tell me why my runner beans which up untill two weeks ago were doing quite well with plenty on there have suddenly started to go off so to speak. they get too about an inch to 2 inches then just shrivel up ,I have kept them well watered so its not that ,I am seriously thinking of digging them up.any suggestions please

[Ethel]

Too much hot weather, too little rain to sustain the renewed growth.

The plants themselves are exhausted, so to speak.

[WendyS]

Everybody I know who has grown runner beans this year has had a problem with them not developing tinkertontom, so you are not alone. I have had about six beans despite the very prolific crop of flowers and I think the heat has been too much for them, even when they are watered well. Don't give up yet. If the weather gets a little cooler the remaining flowers may yet set and provide a crop.
As a matter of interest I have also grown purple podded climbing French beans (Thomson & Morgan) which have cropped excellently in the heat, and some Blue Lake variety climbing French beans which have also cropped well, so next year I'll stick to them and give the Runner Beans a miss in case we have another hot summer.

[Lonnie]

Both my neighbours and myself have this problem, a biy endemic this year.

[YvonneM]

Same problem as everyone last year it was the sparrows eating the flowers bought some from Tesco today they were very nice if expensive