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English runner beans
Jun 27th, 2014 at 10:09am
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I planted both Spanish and English runner beans,Spanish are doing fine but the English are full of flowers but they are not setting.Has anyone else had this problem?
  
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Re: English runner beans
Reply #1 - Jun 27th, 2014 at 1:48pm
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Too hot here for them here, even if you spray plants with water like in the U.K.
  
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Reply #2 - Jul 2nd, 2014 at 8:41am
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We were told by someone last night that you need to pollinate the plants manually.  They also need a lot of water, including spraying, and plenty of food like liquid manure.

http://www.andalucia.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=20370
  
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Re: English runner beans
Reply #3 - Jul 3rd, 2014 at 7:57pm
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Best stick to the seeds they sell here as they are known to do well.  The ones with the purple patches are ok.  They still need a lot of water and feed though.
  

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Reply #4 - Jul 3rd, 2014 at 10:55pm
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I had this problem too. Apparently the red flowered beans are more susceptible than the white flowered beans. I'm going to try the spanish beans next time.
  
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Re: English runner beans
Reply #5 - Jul 7th, 2014 at 5:52pm
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Try growing seeds from U.K. called Moonlight.
White flowered, self pollinating and have cropped very well this year in Spain.
  
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