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06 Apr 20, Jeanette Hagan (New Zealand - temperate climate)

We bought a packet of bean seeds about 6 years ago from M10. Unfortunately we lost the packet and can't identify the name of the bean. Can anyone help. The seed is black when you plant it. The beans are a climbing bean. Very flat and Matt (not shiny). They are the BEST tasting bean and produce prolifically. We save the seed annually, but would love to know what they are. Please!

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07 Apr 20, Toni Robertson (New Zealand - temperate climate)

Hi www.koanga.org.nz have a black runner bean seed called Takamatua. Check the photo on their site. Great range of NZ heritage seeds on this site.

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06 Apr 20, Anon (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)

Go to a seed selling website and look through the beans seeds they sell, you will probably find what you grew. Try Boondie Seeds or Eden Seeds.

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31 Mar 20, Michele (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

We live 65klms south of Geraldton on the coast. Are we classed as Sub tropical or temperature zone please

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01 Apr 20, Anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

It does say sub-tropical Geraldton to Carnarvon. Being 65 klm south wouldn't make any difference.

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03 Apr 20, Michele (Australia - arid climate)

Thank you for your help so I dont need to worry about a whole 65klms and go with the original

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16 Feb 20, J garthwaite (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)

Is it too late to sow runner beans in glass house

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18 Feb 20, anon (Australia - temperate climate)

I have never had a glass house, but if I did and lived in a cool place, then I think the glass house would raise the temperature a lot inside to maybe temperate or even sub tropical levels. Apply that thinking to your planting and growing times.

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27 Jan 20, Al Rankin (New Zealand - temperate climate)

Hi, I planted seeds in December, but although the plant continues to grow, to date, I have not had any flowers? I have previously grown them in the same vicinity very successfully. Any ideas will be gratefully accepted. Thanks

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29 Jan 20, Anon (New Zealand - temperate climate)

If the soil is very rich they would probably produce a lot of growth before flowering. I had climbing beans in a new rich garden bed and they grew to about 1.2-1.5m before flowering. Plants would have gone to 3m if the trellis went that high.

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