September 17th 2017…our runner beans have finished for another year.
This year William was learning about measurements in maths so we thought we would measure the growth of our runner beans each day at least until they are taller than William. We’ll also make a note on this page when we get our first harvest of runner beans and good for KS1 and 2.
| Date | Height (mm) | Comments |
| May 28th 2017 | 200mm | |
| May 29th 2017 | — | |
| May 30th 2017 | 230mm | |
| May 31st 2017 | — | |
| June 1st 2017 | — | |
| June 2nd 2017 | 270mm | |
| June 3rd 2017 | 290mm | |
| June 4th 2017 | 310mm | |
| June 5th 2017 | 320mm | |
| June 6th 2017 | 320mm | Weather has turned very cold (14c) and wet – growth seems to have been affected by this. |
| June 7th 2017 | 335mm | Weather still cold (19c) and windy. |
| June 8th 2017 | 350mm | |
| June 9th 2017 | 380mm | |
| June 10th 2017 | 410mm | |
| June 11th 2017 | 450mm | Nice warm day 24c |
| June 12th 2017 | 480mm | |
| June 13th 2017 | – | |
| June 14th 2017 | 510mm | |
| June 15th 2017 | 530mm | |
| June 16th 2017 | 580mm | Lovely warm day and the beans enjoyed a good soak with the hosepipe last night. |
| June 17th 2017 | 660mm | |
| June 18th 2017 | 740mm | We checked this twice – they really did grow 80mm in one day. It has been really warm, almost 30c and we gave them lots of water last night. |
| June 19th 2017 | 820mm | |
| June 20th 2017 | 900mm | |
| June 21st 2017 | 990mm | |
| June 22nd 2017 | 1070mm | |
| June 23rd 2017 | 1130mm | It’s been a long hot week with just a few minutes rain. We are expecting a wet weekend so it will be interesting to see if this affects the rate of growth. |
| June 24th 2017 | 1200mm | |
| June 25th 2017 | 1280mm | |
| June 26th 2017 | n/a | |
| June 27th 2017 | n/a | |
| June 28th 2017 | n/a | |
| June 29th 2017 | n/a | |
| June 30th 2017 | 1550mm | Today is the first day since the 25th that we have been able to get outside and take a measurement. It has been a very wet and stormy week. However this does mean that the beans have had plenty of rain water and have grown well – 27 CMS since the last measurement on Sunday. |
| July 1st 2017 | 1620mm | |
| July 2nd 2017 | 1690mm | |
| July 3rd 2017 | 1730mm | |
| July 4th 2017 | TBA | |
| July 5th 2017 | TBA | |
| July 6th 2017 | TBA | |
| July 7th 2017 | 2060mm | The runner beans have now reached the top of the poles and strings we put in so this will have to be the last height measurement. The plants are now starting to grow additional stems / stalks from the base. |
This was such good fun that we’ll be back in 2018 to do something similar, probably starting with planting the seeds in pots indoors in March / April.