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borlotti beans
Gillygee
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in Fruit & veg
can anyone advise please?
I have borlotti bean seedlings growing well on top of my kitchen cupboards - now roughly 8inches tall with leaves. do i repot to bigger pots and stake, inside?
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I agree with Pansy, I sowed my seeds yesterday. They will be planted out Mid to end of May.
I would grow some more if it were me, but then, had it been me I wouldnt have planted so early. Another month and yours will be pretty tall!
I grow them each year, mine have just germinated in 3" pots in the conservatory, tomorrow I will put them in the GH and harden off outside each day and plant when I'm sure the frosts have done. I haven't prepared my bean bed yet
Edd I get a good crop and love them cooked in Greek based meals
Here I sow them directly outside... they do like warm soil... there was an old rule of thumb that you sow the beans (outside) when the lilacs are blooming, and I find it answers pretty well
thanks for all answers! i will shift to bigger pots and keep inside for mo.. and yes, you're probably right that i planted a tad early - oh well, live and learn..
Katherine - where is 'here' ?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Oh, I thought it'd show from my profile or somewhere, I am sorry, here it's SW France. That is why I like the blooming lilac rule, it really relates to the local climate instead of being a "one size fits all (not)" sort of rule