Is It twirly?

[cardiffsteve]

Is it too early to start my dwarf beans and runners?

I was going to sow them in modules and place in my blowaway until time to plant out.

[Piggle]

I'm sitting on my hands as I did it far too early last year ... although you are further south than sunny warrington. Hows the weather been - I've just liberated our 15ft musa basjoo from it's hat so I'm fairly sure the frost is done with here.

[VirginVegGrower]

I'm waiting until late April I think CS. Although April last year was unseasonably hot.

[cardiffsteve]

Had a feeling it was too early. So i'll have too wait another month.
Weather today is very sunny and warm, very little breeze and forecast same for weekend.
Guess im getting like the rest of you a bit impatient to really get going.

[Thelma Sanders]

our long range shows back to cool/cold again for the first week or so of April, so I'm sitting on my hands as well............can't feel them now

[Bren In Pots]

I'll be sowing mine a month from today, it is tempting with the nice weather we've been having though.

[Florence Fennel]

I've sown some experimentally because I had no beans last year, zilch, nada. I've gone back to Scarlet Emperor and put them in modules in the stayput tucked up in bubble wrap (the commodity not the person). I'll sow some more next month if they don't make it.

[Florence Fennel]

I haven't sown the Serbian Pole Beans yet Bren.

[Bren In Pots]

I haven't sown the Serbian Pole Beans yet Bren.

Mine will go in next month Flo along with the runners.

[Florence Fennel]

Did we ever find out if they're Serbian or Siberian?

[ladylottie]

Is it too early to start my dwarf beans and runners?

I was going to sow them in modules and place in my blowaway until time to plant out.

Well I'm not far from you CS, and I won't be sowing mine until the end of April. I know it's tempting with the fabulous weather we're having but don't risk it!

[Thelma Sanders]

My thermometer is still showing minimum temps of 3 and 4 in the glasshouse this week!
Lovely during the day but still blinking cold at nights, too cold for the tenders stuff yet

[Bren In Pots]

Did we ever find out if they're Serbian or Siberian?

Flo I think they're called Serbian well they are according to this thread so from now on that's what I'll go with :-

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ded_37371.html

[Two_Sheds]

Had a feeling it was too early. So i'll have too wait another month.

For tender crops, find out your last frost date and count backwards from that (2-3 weeks) to work out your sowing date.

On this date, last year, I sowed some Frenchies direct on the lotty because it was an unseasonably warm start to the year. They died.

Oh, and modules will be too small for them. You want at least a 3" pot (or a loo roll) for each one

[cardiffsteve]

Thanks TS and everyone

Last frost date is late April so I think I can wait till then.

*twiddles thumbs nervously