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Polka Beans

debs64debs64 Posts: 5,184
in Fruit & veg
Hi, quick question I am growing dwarf french beans polka do they need to be grown up a wigwam? First time with these and no indication on packet of eventual height. Thanks

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited March 2019
    Dwarf beans are short little chaps/chapesses with no ambitions to climb so they wont need a wigwam  :)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • debs64debs64 Posts: 5,184
    Thanks dove 
  • debs64debs64 Posts: 5,184
    Sorry Dove do they need any sort of support? Can’t find any information about them on the packet as regards size or shape of plants? 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited March 2019
    Nope they’ll stand up on their own. They may flop and tangle amongst themselves a bit ... some varieties do that more than others, but there’s nothing you need to do about it other than to fossick around in the foliage to pick your lovely harvest when the time comes  Enjoy 😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    I agree - in fact, purposely plant them so that they hold each other up.  A staggered double-row is a good way to grow them.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
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