Runner doing a U Turn

[Bigmallly]

What the 'eck's going on 'ere...........planted out some Runners in the kite today & came across this silly fellow...........not only were the leaves coming out of the Rootrainer but the bean was as well...................

[Greenleaves]

You must have planted it upside down Bigmally

[Bigmallly]

Maybe but I thought it didn't matter...........................I wouldn't know the top from the bottom anyway............

[KevinM67]

Could it have been that the bean seed wasn't planted deep enough?

[Greenleaves]

Its the left hand side from the middle if you stand facing due north

[veggiechicken]

I thought beans always knew their top from their bottom - just as they know which way to wind themselves around a beanstick.
Thinks............... Aussie beans would wind in the opposite direction.................so maybe they grow upside down too.
This must be a bean from Down Under. Send it to Feral

[Bigmallly]

Well I still don't get it..............roots go down in anyone's book..............trust me to get one that wants to climb out.

[Potstubsdustbins]

Bean planted upside down, shoot grows down first and pushes seed bean upwards before turning and growing out itself.

Plant the lot with just the seed leaves showing,

[Bill HH]

As with humans some plants just have an objection to authority.

Maybe it had converted to Islam and wanted to face east.

Maybe its a "has bean"

[Bigmallly]

Bean planted upside down, shoot grows down first and pushes seed bean upwards before turning and growing out itself.

Plant the lot with just the seed leaves showing,

Cheers Potty, that's exactly what I did.

[Bigmallly]

Sorry, my mistake. The seed leaves are on the U bend.............it was replanted up to the 1st set of true leaves.

[arpoet]

No matter how I sow em, some of mine always come up the wrong way round.
Maybe if I closed one eye and stuck my tongue out the corner of my mouth when planting, that would help.

[Bigmallly]

It's the first time I've come across it. It's as though it's rebelling against nature.

[Mikey]

I think with my vast knowledge in bean welfare, and without first having a meeting with your bean I would suggest that it is showing signs of a split personality. Further evaluation will be required to determine these predictions, but I think its fairly safe to say that its early years buried alive have definitely traumatised it resulting it an alter ego.

[Bigmallly]

I think you could be spot on there Mikey.