Recently I mentioned growling climbing beans not the wig wam way but the opersit way canes opening out at the top I'm surprised no one has responded or have I missed any response or it maybe everyone thinks it's not the right way!!
hi cjwp I put mine the old council bottle recycle boxes I have a frame made out of 3x2 put in ground shape H with a strut across top with strings down I stop at 6ft about 12 to 15 seeds in the 3 boxes the frame is 7xht 6ft wide .when beans are growing up tie them to strings hope it helps
Whatever type of support you provide for your climbing beans or tall peas, the support has to be very firm and strong. The full grown plants are a substantial barrier to winds and can take quite a battering, as I found out when I first started growing them!!
Many thanks to all I n response to climbing beans it has created some intrest so Dyers End to start push 8 ft canes in about 6 in in a staight line of any length space another line of canes opposite the first so you have distance 9 ins between the lines then with a strong string/cord fixed anything solid at one end and at approx 4 ft from ground secure each cane along until you reach the end again securing the string/rope to anything solid ie small post driven in approx 3/4 ft away Then making spacers approx 18 ins long 2×1 notched each end and placed under the string pushing the canes apart every 3/4 ft along the row now you can see now the beans will grow up not getting tangled at top allowing beans to hang unobstrucded
In response to Michael mpc your idear would not work for me not enough space to grow enough for my finds and neighbours well nowScroggin I have been growing beans this way for many years before father passed on I showed him this way he took to it and he was a gardener all his life I will not go back to wigwams Mel M in all the years growing beans I haven't had one fall apart yet perhaps also was in the building maintenance industry found a way round to getting things done So now someone somebody give it go I like a challenge if in the bean growing season anyone would like to visit and see for themselves give me call
Well now Hostafani in my neck of the woods a wigwam is 8 canes placed around a dust bin lid and all tied together at the top which when the beans reach the top they are t angled arround each other making it near Inpossible for them grow straight and easy to pick it's a known fact like Brussels Sprouts all things need space so the air can circulate arround to help grow to their potential That's why I grow my beans the way i do
For the last couple of years i've used a modification of the traditional A-frames with some success.
The main problem has always been that the beans hang down in the middle and you can't easily get at them. What I've done is cross the A much lower down, so that the upper part of the poles (I use hazel), bearing the fruit, is over the path between the beds, making picking much easier. The tendency to sag and the strain on the (thinner) top part of the poles is relieved by zig-zagging a cord tightly between them, fixed with clove hitches round each one.
In some ways it's logical and if it works for you that's great.
For me it seems that growing them on the splayed system means that the roots of the bean plants are going to be closer to each other than if grown on a tepee or 'A' frame and for that reason I prefer not to do it your way.
I think the best way, if you have the space, is to grow the beans on a continuous arch over a pathway as I've seen done in some lovely walled kitchen gardens - that way you have the best of all worlds
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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How would you make the structure strong enough to support the weight of the beans?
hi cjwp I put mine the old council bottle recycle boxes I have a frame made out of 3x2 put in ground shape H with a strut across top with strings down I stop at 6ft about 12 to 15 seeds in the 3 boxes the frame is 7xht 6ft wide .when beans are growing up tie them to strings hope it helps
Whatever type of support you provide for your climbing beans or tall peas, the support has to be very firm and strong. The full grown plants are a substantial barrier to winds and can take quite a battering, as I found out when I first started growing them!!
Many thanks to all I n response to climbing beans it has created some intrest so Dyers End to start push 8 ft canes in about 6 in in a staight line of any length space another line of canes opposite the first so you have distance 9 ins between the lines then with a strong string/cord fixed anything solid at one end and at approx 4 ft from ground secure each cane along until you reach the end again securing the string/rope to anything solid ie small post driven in approx 3/4 ft away Then making spacers approx 18 ins long 2×1 notched each end and placed under the string pushing the canes apart every 3/4 ft along the row now you can see now the beans will grow up not getting tangled at top allowing beans to hang unobstrucded
wigwams are round, methinks you mean tee pees.
In response to Michael mpc your idear would not work for me not enough space to grow enough for my finds and neighbours well nowScroggin I have been growing beans this way for many years before father passed on I showed him this way he took to it and he was a gardener all his life I will not go back to wigwams Mel M in all the years growing beans I haven't had one fall apart yet perhaps also was in the building maintenance industry found a way round to getting things done So now someone somebody give it go I like a challenge if in the bean growing season anyone would like to visit and see for themselves give me call
Well now Hostafani in my neck of the woods a wigwam is 8 canes placed around a dust bin lid and all tied together at the top which when the beans reach the top they are t angled arround each other making it near Inpossible for them grow straight and easy to pick it's a known fact like Brussels Sprouts all things need space so the air can circulate arround to help grow to their potential That's why I grow my beans the way i do
For the last couple of years i've used a modification of the traditional A-frames with some success.
The main problem has always been that the beans hang down in the middle and you can't easily get at them. What I've done is cross the A much lower down, so that the upper part of the poles (I use hazel), bearing the fruit, is over the path between the beds, making picking much easier. The tendency to sag and the strain on the (thinner) top part of the poles is relieved by zig-zagging a cord tightly between them, fixed with clove hitches round each one.
I've seen pictures in the past of beans grown on splayed supports as you describe
https://www.growveg.co.uk/guides/how-to-make-the-best-supports-for-climbing-vegetables/
In some ways it's logical and if it works for you that's great.
For me it seems that growing them on the splayed system means that the roots of the bean plants are going to be closer to each other than if grown on a tepee or 'A' frame and for that reason I prefer not to do it your way.
I think the best way, if you have the space, is to grow the beans on a continuous arch over a pathway as I've seen done in some lovely walled kitchen gardens - that way you have the best of all worlds
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.