Get lots and lots of water on them... even then I would think twice before eating the beans as this is a systemic fungicide and will remain in the plant. I am puzzled as to why you sprayed. Runner beans are not know for fungial infections.

Presumably Archers meant to spray with a bug killer and picked up fungicide by mistake. I nearly cleaned my kitchen surfaces with carpet shampoo this evening.

Most bug killers shouldn't be used on food crops either Beattie

True.....

Be sure to dig in a lot of compost when you get ready for a new crop, too, Archers. The "humates" coming from the compost will help the soil bacteria to break down the chemical.

well it contains the same chemical that is in systhane, which can be sprayed on apples and pears and gooseberries and blackcurrants, all at the leaf stage, so it must be safe.
I very much doubt the amount sprayed onto the soil will affect anything in the future.

Spraying fruit trees and bushes at the leaf stage is somewhat different to spraying runner beans.

very true, wonder why the Americans spray their tomatoes and strawberries with it?
Seems like different countries have different regulations about what can and can't be used.

Sadly, political considerations (often short-sighted) frequently outweigh scientific findings in determining government regulations.

There are enumerable examples of governments allowing agri businesses to use sprays which are known to be toxic... Sorry

In our case of course we are restricted by the EU as to what we can use. It can be no coincidence that what seems to be the only products available to amateur gardeners are German orientated.....so you may be right about political involvement.

No idea where the chemical pesticides, herbicides and fungicides come from as we simply don't use them... Not acceptable within organic growing.

Given that it is recognised that many of these sprays are bad for our beneficial insects I wonder whether we are going to experience another 'silent springs' soon...

I never spray veg, just my dahlias. If there was an organic way of getting rid of spider mite, (which if i didn't spray with one of the products available to professional commercial growers only, i'd never get a single bloom,and when i do get blooms, if i didn't spray to get rid of thrips with another professional commercial product, none of the blooms i get would be of any use at all) then i would gladly use it.

If it came to a choice of spraying our show bench award winning alpines with chemicals or not being able to show them we wouldn't show...

well they wouldn't be show bench winning alpines if they were covered in pests and spiders webs and were half eaten, and i'm sure said plants would look wonderful in the garden.
I find it strange that anyone who lovingly looks after plants for years and years would be prepared to let them go to ruin though if they could be "saved".

Sorry Scrumpygal but the principle of not using pesticides and herbicides is just that a principle. We endeavour to grow our show bench plants in such a way that they are not attacked by pests. Also alpines are far less susceptible to bugs and diseases than dahlias and vegetables are, we are showing a growing plant you are showing cut blooms or vegetables. Just because slugs graze the leaves of a plant does not mean it will die... we will mutter and mumble but the plant itself will be fine - simply not be on the show bench that year.

It al depends on your thinking... We pulled some spinach yesterday and I took off all the edible leaves. This left some going over leaves and the stalks. I put down near the compost bins with the clear intention that the slugs and snails could eat.

Bulba is harder hearted in some cases but I firmly believe we have to grow in harmony with everything else. Doesn't mean I wont use a garlic spray to deter aphids and butterflies on veggies, does mean I am tolerant of most beasties in the garden.