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Can I use chicken wire instead of netting ?for beans

selinasallyselinasally Posts: 166
in Fruit & veg
I didn’t have any pea and bean netting so used chicken wire ? I’m a novice just checking if this is ok ? Now I’m worried it’s too hard for tender stems? 

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited May 2021
    No need to use netting of any sort for runner beans. They’ll just wind their way up the canes in a spiral. 

    There’s a video here which shows it well 
    https://video.allotment-garden.org/56/bean-canes-sweet-pea-frames/

    😊 

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





  • nick615nick615 Posts: 1,487
    When/if we get really hot weather, bare wire CAN get hot and burn the vines that touch it so, as Dove says, let them go up the canes.  If this is a crop you intend to be a regular one, the pic is my set up that contains 24 plants in one square yard/metre so, if you'd like details, email me on [email protected].  Mine is on its tenth year and looking good for another ten so worth the effort.
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