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Is anyone else growing these beans? 
"Climbing French Bean 'Blue Queen
The donor was given this bean in 1950 by a gardener from Quenington House, who said he should look after them as you could no longer purchase them. They were identified in 1994 by Ron Bateman, a DJ on Radio Oxford, as 'Blue Queen'. The seed produces purple, stringless pods, 15-20cm in length, which turn green when, cooked. Have a lovely, sweet flavour when eaten young."
I've got a few plants still surviving after this fun season, but now that these beans have gotten to the right length to eat, I have found that they have heavy strings.
Have I just missed the picking time do you reckon, or could it be something else affecting them? Am fairly certain I didn't mix up these purple beans with the others I am growing... 
"Climbing French Bean 'Blue Queen
The donor was given this bean in 1950 by a gardener from Quenington House, who said he should look after them as you could no longer purchase them. They were identified in 1994 by Ron Bateman, a DJ on Radio Oxford, as 'Blue Queen'. The seed produces purple, stringless pods, 15-20cm in length, which turn green when, cooked. Have a lovely, sweet flavour when eaten young."
I've got a few plants still surviving after this fun season, but now that these beans have gotten to the right length to eat, I have found that they have heavy strings.
Have I just missed the picking time do you reckon, or could it be something else affecting them? Am fairly certain I didn't mix up these purple beans with the others I am growing...
