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Climbing Beans
NewBoy2
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in Fruit & veg
One of my beans has overgrown the wigwam by about 18 inches
?Any advice please
Cut off....leave....re attach
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I mean over grown at the top of the canes so its waving around in the breeze
Just nip the top out - it'll grow sideshoots and lots more beans
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks Dove
Yep. Standard practice - makes them bushier as well as easier to reach and stops them collapsing. Just make sure you have plenty of room to store them - freezer or salted.