Help MBE grow his dinner 2011

lemonjelly

Little_Vics wrote: »

are you ready for this??

I have flowers on my tomatoes.

I'm going to have to go and have a little lie-down to recover from the shock.

My flowers on the toms are ok. I'm still waiting for the first actual tomato though!:(

djohn2002uk

lemonjelly wrote: »

Couple of queries folks. Firstly, my bean flowers are all white. I thought they should be red?

Also, do potatoes have to flower?

I also have a conundrum. You may recall that I put the contets of a composter where I ended up planting the beans & peas. However in the compost were potato peelings, which have sprouted. Now I like the idea of free spuds, however they may be adversely affecting the beans & peas. Is there anything I can do? If I move the peas, will they survive? Can I cut back the potato plants?

Help!

Missed the first paragraph.:(
MBE is right, there are quite a few runner beans that have white flowers, and secondly, not all potatoes appear to flower but my earlies have always flowered but over the years I have had main crop which haven't flowered to my knowledge, although they may have just fallen off and I hadn't noticed.

mrbadexample

Got any beans yet John?

Little_Vics

chaps, who is judging your bean competition? Do you have rules? Is there a wager? This could get rather interesting...

mrbadexample

Little_Vics wrote: »

chaps, who is judging your bean competition? Do you have rules? Is there a wager? This could get rather interesting...

The bean competition is between myself and 3 friends. The rules are whoever grows the longest bean by the end of the season wins the pot - £5 in for each entrant.

John is just showing me how it should be done.

djohn2002uk

mrbadexample wrote: »

Got any beans yet John?

I know what the excitement is like when you get your first bean and I didn't want to spoil that. I told my wife you had your first one and she agreed I shouldn't put any pics on so I didn't.

If you want I'll show some to-morrow but only if you promise you wont go off and sulk....:eek:

Seriously, I've had little beans for almost 2 weeks now and must have over a hundred now. But don't forget that I've got about 30 canes although 4 were planted later when I'd given loads away and just had these 4 left and just couldn't throw them away.

mrbadexample

djohn2002uk wrote: »

I know what the excitement is like when you get your first bean and I didn't want to spoil that. I told my wife you had your first one and she agreed I shouldn't put any pics on so I didn't.

I've grown runners for a few years now, so the excitement of the first bean isn't the same. It's just the competition ones that count.

So post 'em up! Be proud! I can handle it! :rotfl:

The only really important thing is whether or not I'm beating my mates.

I've told you before - if you can grow a bean over 3' long, then you might just beat me.

djohn2002uk

Here goes.


My first Moneymaker,way behind the seedless.



Overall pic of beans.

djohn2002uk

mrbadexample

djohn2002uk wrote: »

Bloody show off.


Just kidding! That looks ace. :T Not that much bigger than mine though! :rotfl: