In a message dated 22/07/2008 01:13:49 GMT Daylight Time,
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<<This is the second time in recent years where we have seen
beans in full flower when they were only six inches high. None of these
flowers set, but when the warmer weather arrived the plants grew rapidly and
continued to flower; these later flowers were pollinated successfully and
set beans.>>
That's exactly what happened to my broad beans this spring. In the end I had
a good crop. Last year I had Crimson-flowered Beans flowering in the worst
of the weather, and from 40 beans planted, I harvested 20.
Regards,
Robert Brenchley
Birmingham UK
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