runner bean flowers

[evie b]

My runner bean flowers are falling off . Why is that?
I water them every day.
Evie b

[rustylady]

Hi Evie. Are your beans growing in open ground or in pots?

[evie b]

Hi Rusty Lady. Yes they are in open ground.

[rustylady]

In that case, don't water every day. Give the ground a real good soaking and then leave for a few days. You can spray with a fine mist in the evenings if you want, to increase humidity, but if the ground is really soaked this should produce enough. If you water every day you encourage the roots to stay near the surface looking for water when you should actually be encouraging them to go deep.

[alandbailey]

Most of my Hestia dwarf runners in a half barrel are not setting, despite watering at various times daily. I did see one bee on them today - quelle surprise!!
My runners in the open ground are slower in flowering but my peas have set OK.
I live in Somerset and have had to use sprinkler twice in the last 8 days as we have had very little rain. Last year I got 3 bean pods because I didn't water, just left it to nature (water meter you know). Now I keep ducks, I must use water so the veg benefits also.

[Flummery]

Runners aren't tolerant of this amount of heat. They will start to set eventually but in this sort of weather you do lose lots of flowers. I much prefer to grow french beans. I like the texture and flavour better too.

[evie b]

runner bean flowers

Thanks all for the advice. I will try what you said.