Runner Beans: 2025

Diary of Soaking, Potting and Planting out

See other pictures | Growing beds: 2024

Runners:


Buff with Brown

After soaking
First lot
  • April 2nd Soaking 12 | April 5th 12 ·
  • April 14th 2 | April 15th 4 | April 16th 6 | April 17th 7 | April 19th: 11/12 🌱
Second lot
  • April 10th: Soaking 18 | April 13th 18 · | April 25th 18 🌱
Third lot
  • April 26th: Soaking 12 | April 30th: Potted 12 ·

Brown with Buff

First Lot
After soaking
  • April 10th: Soaking 18 | April 13th: 12 | April 14th: 6 ·
  • April 25th: 16 ' | April 26th: 16/18 🌱
Second Lot Soaking beans from 2023. Will plant out adjacent and east the others.
  • May 1st: Soaking 16 | May 5th: 6 are sprouting, but all being · Seems there are only 14

White

Maybe a mix of standard runners and butter
  • May 1st Soaking 12 x butter and 16 runners
  • May 4th 11 White · and 2 butter ·
  • May 5th Cooking the rest.
  • ' May 11th: 8 | May 11th: 10

Mauve/Pink with Specks

First Lot
  • May 9th Soaking 12
  • May 12th ·
    Soaked and sprouting. About to pot up
    Soaked and sprouting. About to pot up
  • May 19th ' 12/12 | May 20th 🌱 12/12
Second Lot
  • May 30th Soaking 12 | June 2nd · 12/13 | June 9th ' 6 | June 10th ' 11| June 11th 🌱 12

Black with Light Specks

Seem to be only 7 that look healthy enough to sprout. Below is a picture of when they were harvested, before drying.
Dark Purple/Black with Light/White flecks
Eight when just podded in 2024
  • May 30th Soaking 7 | June 2nd · 7 | June 7th ' 4 | June 9th ' 6 | June 11th 🌱 7