Wet weather and runner beans

[NSB]

I have found over the last couple of days the only thing thats likes rain is runner beans, mine are doubling over night

[bubblewrap]

Same here had 15lbs on Sunday expect another good load tomorrow
Peas also doing well

[NSB]

I've just noticed my sweetcorn have flourished

[Sue]

And celery
Sue

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And Florence Fennel

[rustylady]

Yes, the wet weather is certainly suiting some crops. Unfortunately it's also suiting the slugs and snails. My beans are doing well (french and runner), the courgettes have started growing at last, and the sweetcorn is starting to produce flowers. The slugs and snails have eaten the lettuce and the strawberries.

[Headfry]

and Radishes!

[raine]

I must be really unlucky. I have planted two sets of runners. The first got eaten completely over the period of one week (despite planting three to a cane ) and the second lot don't seem to have fared much better. I think maybe the bean trench just seemed like a dinner gong to our slug population. Oh well- there's always next year! (if there is a next year at our allotment!)
Raine

[moggssue]

My first lot of french beans got eaten by slugs, the replacement lot are just coming into flower now but they dont look particularly happy, probably too wet! My cauli is my only crop to seem to really like this weather, heads keep appearing literally overnight! Maybe I ought to try runners instead of french next year

[bubblewrap]

I think I'm lucky this year I planted my runners as seedlings in May and I think I have beaten the slugs & snails. By the end of June they were at the top of the canes(8ft) Some of my beans are at least 12" long.

[Sebbster]

No crop from my runners yet although most are now about 3 inches long. Planted 2 per cane and some are really not growing too well at all, even though I have been regularly feeding them.

Slugs having a field day, lost some Savoys and some Kale