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The runner beans are nearly all up and look healthy as long as no frost catches us out they should be mighty fine specimens. The variety's I'm growing for show this year are "Stenner" and a new Unnamed trail variety that medwyns sent me that are suppose to be a good rival to the famous stenner bean.

The trick to growing good runner beans is to have a well manured trench site that holds moisture (fill it with cardboard if you like and soak it). The young beans need to straightened from birth and thinned down (normally i thin down to 3,4 or 5 beans on each truss. This will ensure you have long, straight beans with no bulging. The enorma variety is another popular choice but i do tend to find the beans bulge out more and are harder to get the length.