Mel definitely planted some borlotti beans somewhere on the plot but I reckon that the long purple beans are in fact Blauhilde which featured in our plan back in February. Does Dig For Victory grow these???Note to Mel: Can you remember where you planted the borlotti beans?
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I don't know about Blauhilde, Grunhilde, or even Hilda Ogden...but I do know those aren't Borlotti, so I guess you are right.
My "Borlotti Identification Guide 101" says to look for plants that resemble enthusiastic dwarf french beans, only a bit taller, with thick pods that start green, then go a mottled pink before drying up...a bit like some allotmenteers this year no doubt.
I have grown blauhilde before, and looked very much like that
I was mottled pink watering them last night. Do the council move the water tanks further away each night?
The council certanily do. At the moment I seem to walking three miles to my tanks when it only seemed like 300 yards over the winter. Curse them.
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