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and to be sure to knoww where your backside is, follow up with prunes as the second course

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I've heard that some use a mixture of prunes and peanuts for pebble-dashing walls.

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Right, here we go, I'm looking for runner bean seeds for this year. Last year's were fine first of all but soon became tough as old boots.

I noted a couple of previous suggestions, Aintree and Snowstorm. I think my local garden centre have got Snowstorm in stock.

Any other recommendations?

I noticed they had some called Tenderstar which is a mix of runner bean and French bean, has anyone tried them?

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Have a look through these Dongles, see if anything grabs at yer.

https://www.gardenfocused.co.uk/vege.../varieties.php

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Marge says you should pluck them from the stem sooner rather than later, or they will become stringy and tough.

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I agree with Marge.

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Marge knows her beans!

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I ordered my runner beans yesterday 'Aintree ' tender beans with lots of flavours . I eat mine small only allowing them to grow to 9in maximum.

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I have tried all varieties over the years but always go back to "Moonlight", a white flowered variety with a reliable set and good flavour, in fact it is the only variety that I grow now.