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  • #1

    Another bean question....

    Just wondering what sort of support (if any) I need for various types of beans??
    I know I will need to make a cane tepee for my peas and the runners will be going againest a 6ft wall trellis but Im not sure how high broad beans or dwarf french beans get. Do they need support as well??
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    dwarf bean support them selves,broad beans,mm,depends how tall they grow,i have found the same variety is differant each year,1 year i had to support with canes every 4ft or so,then string just to keep them in,but only that 1 year,runner/climbing french beans do need support,either canes,or netting,canes being the best,your peas will grow nicely up netting,weave canes top 2 bottom then firm into the ground,every 4ft or so,myself i use chicken wire,also some plastic wire,it also depends on how much stuff you growing,i grow to last the year,where i can,
    sigpicAnother nutter ,wife,mother, nan and nanan,love my growing places,seed collection and sharing,also one of these

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    • #3
      Originally posted by kentishgal View Post
      I know I will need to make a cane tepee for my peas
      Nope! Peas don't climb canes. They need pea netting or chicken wire (or string)

      Originally posted by kentishgal View Post
      the runners will be going againest a 6ft wall trellis
      They'd possibly be better up your canes

      Originally posted by kentishgal View Post
      not sure how high broad beans or dwarf french beans get.
      Broadies need to be corralled, within a string structure: canes at the corners, string round the outside


      Dwarf beans vary in height: I tend to plant them about 4" apart, and just give individual canes as needed (some don't need any support at all
      All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
        Nope! Peas don't climb canes. They need pea netting or chicken wire (or string)
        ll
        ok, dumb question......but how do they know the difference??

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        • #5
          Pea climb with tendrils which hook over supports - like fingers in a way. A cane is too smooth. Whereas beans climb by going round and round so are perfect for your canes. Depending on how big the squares are on your trellis they might climb the trellis. Could you swap the peas and beans?

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          • #6
            Originally posted by kentishgal View Post
            ok, dumb question......but how do they know the difference??
            climbing beans wind themselves naturaly round the canes in an think it's anti clock wise,
            peas have tendrils that latch onto the net/chicken wire,whilst the plant it'self just grows up,
            sigpicAnother nutter ,wife,mother, nan and nanan,love my growing places,seed collection and sharing,also one of these

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            • #7
              Originally posted by kentishgal View Post
              how do they know the difference?
              They're completely different kinds of plants.
              Beans are more like vines, being climbers and twiners. Peas don't twine, they have little tiny sticky tendrils, like tiny hands, that cling onto thin structures. A pea can't wind its stem around a cane, you'd have to tie it on.
              All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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              • #8
                ah ha! thanks for clearing that up. Not a problem the runners can go into the raised bed and the peas can grow in a container up the trellis instead!
                ...that is if it ever stops raining......

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                • #9
                  You might need to staple some pea netting to the trellis ...
                  All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
                    Nope! Peas don't climb canes. They need pea netting or chicken wire (or string)

                    They'd possibly be better up your canes

                    Broadies need to be corralled, within a string structure: canes at the corners, string round the outside


                    Dwarf beans vary in height: I tend to plant them about 4" apart, and just give individual canes as needed (some don't need any support at all
                    What a beautifully concise and understandable piece of information. TS you're clearly in the wrong job chuck!
                    Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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