East Sussex,
United Kingdom 
what do you do with the runner bean/broad bean plant after it has given beans?
14 Aug, 2010
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Just to follow on from Tugbrethil, the roots have nitrogen rich nodules on them that will rot back into the soil and condition it.
15 Aug, 2010
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I would cut the stem off at ground level, and compost it, and leave the roots to compost in situ.
14 Aug, 2010