Runner beans looking a bit poorly

[QuizMaster]

I planted out runner beans about 4 weeks ago. Since then they have not grown at all. They haven't died though. They are hanging in there. They have yellowed a bit.
I had them indoors in a window in peat pots, where they germinated and were all doing very well.
I suppose it's possible I didn't harden them out enough. And I might have put them out too early. I put peas out at the same time, right beside them, and they're doing fine.
We are a bit north, being on the north coast of Ireland, so it's a bit cooler up here. But I grew beans a couple of years ago with no problems.

Any suggestions about (1) what is wrong and (2) what to do?

Thanks.

[VSS]

i would gues they have had an almighty shock at being planted out so far north in early May.

we are some way south of you (north wales) and i am just about to plant mine out in the next day or two.

[MKG]

Yep - ours wait until June to go out. Whoops - it's June!!!!!

[QuizMaster]

Thanks guys.
So, will they get better all on their own?

[QuizMaster]

You'll be happy to hear they're doing much better.
Climbing like crazy.
Still no beans but plenty of flowers.

[QuizMaster]

So anyway, still no beans. What's the story with that?
The packet says harvest from July onwards.
The plants look healthy, with lots of red flowers, and climbing taller than me.

[Peggy Sue]

Well I'm in sunny cambridgeshire and we have only just harvested about 5 beans, so give them a chance

You wait in about 3 weeks you will be suffering from bean-poisoning you will have eaten so many! What you needed was some courgettes to keep you happy for a few weeks bfore the beans are ready- I'm all courgetted out and they are rapidly turning to marrows

[QuizMaster]

Oh we have courgettes alright.
The only problem was 2/6 seedlings destroyed by wind in May. The other 4 are keeping us busy. I wish they had a pause button.
Onions are approaching readiness. I have to scout around for big ones just now, soon that won't be necessary.

[Peggy Sue]

Love the idea of the pause button on courgettes

[QuizMaster]

Love the idea of the pause button on courgettes

...without which I feel like the sorcerer's apprentice.

[Odsox]

I think I have found the answer to the courgette problem.
In the past I have grown several plants so that the early ones manage to get pollinated.

This year I am growing Parthenon courgette which is one of those ones that don't need pollinating, in fact so far I haven't had a male flower ... so it's just as well.
Anyway, I am growing just the one plant and it is producing about 4 courgettes a week which I can just about cope with.
The seeds are a lot more expensive but as I only need one plant, the packet ought to last another year or 2