I'm still quite new to this obsession, growing veg on an allotment, and therefore experimenting. I decided to have a go at borolltie beans. The french beans, Blue Lake are growing well up the canes but the Borlotti beans are needing to be tied in, not what I had expected, is this what you would normally expect to happen? I was going to eat some of the Borlotti beans fresh & dry some to use during winter. Do you have to soak them from dried as with shop bought beans before you can use them? First blog, hope it makes sense to some of you out in allotment land. Sue from North Yorkshire.