Me again - sorry - but this is fascinting me!
Last w/e I sowed a few beans in propogator, two of which are a climbing bean Cobra. One of these (the other hasn't even shown yet), is now about 4 inches high - very strong shoot but with the leaves coming straight out of what looks like the original bean at the TOP of the shoot, 4 inches up! The other end of it is going straight down into the compost.
Have I got a triffid, or do Cobra always grow like this? I thought the bean stayed beneath the soil - the roots grew down from it, and the shoot grew up from it. What's going on? Is the bean going to turn into another set of leaves or just shrivel up and drop off?
Any answers welcome.
Last w/e I sowed a few beans in propogator, two of which are a climbing bean Cobra. One of these (the other hasn't even shown yet), is now about 4 inches high - very strong shoot but with the leaves coming straight out of what looks like the original bean at the TOP of the shoot, 4 inches up! The other end of it is going straight down into the compost.
Have I got a triffid, or do Cobra always grow like this? I thought the bean stayed beneath the soil - the roots grew down from it, and the shoot grew up from it. What's going on? Is the bean going to turn into another set of leaves or just shrivel up and drop off?
Any answers welcome.
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