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Hi All,

I hope there is someone out there who can help. We have been out this evening and put the 8ft bean canes up ready for my beans to go in. I was looking at the gaps between the rows of beans and was wondering if there are any seeds or plants that I could plant between canes of beans to utilise the space? Any other advice regarding Beans would be great as I have never grown beans before. Many thanks.

Hi Lovebirdbirds

I sow lettuce in between my beans, don't think they mind the shade - well mine do ok anyway

Lettuce are an ideal crop for betwen your beans as they are fast growing and will appreciate the shade that the bean plants will afford tham. I have three varieties of lettuce between my beans in the tunnel - Amorina (red frilly leaves) Charita (green frilly leaves) and Little Gem (Cos) -all are thriving and will give me a crop before my beans get too unruly.

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Hi (first time sending a message) Was told if you plant sweet peas with your beans it will encourage hoverflies which will eat any blackfly that you might get on your beans.

I'm growing beans between my beans! I have a bean growing up each cane, then every 8" or 9" apart, I tie a string to the top and peg it to the ground with a tent-peg, and grow a bean up each string.
Lettuce in the middle/shade is great, but watch out for slugs.

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Last year I popped some pumpkin plants in there (because I ran out of space!). They did well - I thought it would be too shady but apparently not!

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Updated October 12th

This year we are going to grow courgettes under the runners. Last year the courgettes/pumpkin romped away and took up too much space, so we're going for the two for the price of one approach.
cheers

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Lettuce and beetroot for me, this year I have an odd potato so I'm letting it get on with life in between the beans - it's too big to pull out. Plus any squash plants that don't fit anywhere else.

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