{"id":60196,"date":"2017-07-08T17:00:05","date_gmt":"2017-07-08T10:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/beans-in-tatters-help-is-at-hand\/"},"modified":"2017-07-08T17:12:17","modified_gmt":"2017-07-08T10:12:17","slug":"beans-in-tatters-help-is-at-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/beans-in-tatters-help-is-at-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"Beans in tatters? Help is at hand"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIt\u2019s not too late to plant some varieties of dwarf or climbing beans, which you will be able to pick into the autumnAre your beans in tatters, failing to wind their way up a pole, looking sad from battling with too many pests? Mine were doing fine, and then some early June rain brought out the slugs, and that was that.However, it is not too late to start all over again. You will not get rows of climbing beans, mind, the season is too short for that, but dwarf beans will germinate quickly this month and speed through the end of summer, so you can be picking tender beans into autumn. I find these later-sown beans \u2013 with warm and long days on their side \u2013 do very well. They seem to dodge the slugs and snails, and I\u2019ve never failed to get a good crop this way. You can even try sowing a few short rows in August, if you can cloche them, to pick into early October. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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