By Robm
Wiltshire,
United Kingdom 
im growing runnerbeans and now have the red flowers,no beans yet but they look a little wilted.also my brother sent me some brown beans from holland,their about 2ft high with white flowers on,would anyone know if they are similar to runners.thanx in advance.
27 Jun, 2011
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many thanks for the info moongrower esp about the brownbeans
27 Jun, 2011
I appreciated your question - I am growing runner beans for the first time and no flowers yet! I now know from the replies you received that I need to keep watering them.
28 Jun, 2011
Runner beans need a lot of water, especially if grown in pots
28 Jun, 2011
Water, water, water......;)
28 Jun, 2011
i now have pods growing on my runnerbeans,thanks for the advice on giving plenty of water.pods are just about an inch long but they are there..quite exciting really.
30 Jun, 2011
Always an exciting moment when the first pods appear.
1 Jul, 2011
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Keep both lots of beans well watered the brown beans are climbing beans - very similar to runner beans.
27 Jun, 2011