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Should my supports be closer to the beans?
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They would be better in line with the plants at the end of the rows. Then you can take a string down one side of the row and back up the other side. If the rows are long then extra sticks either side of the plants in the middle of the rows will help to keep the string taught.Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet -
Could you make a grid of string, criss crossing the beans, then they can grow up in between and be supported.Comment
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Me too, saves time not having to keep tying inComment
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Whoops, think I've done mine wrong, I've used an individual pea cane ( small/blue one) next to each broad bean and tied plant to it. Oh well.DottyRComment
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Dotty not wrong just different and anyway least they won't fall overOriginally posted by Dorothy rouse View Post
Location....East Midlands.Comment
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I do both.. I short cane for each plant in the double row, then as they start to set pods I string the canes on both sides of the plants.Comment
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I've not supported mine! Seem to be doing ok?
First time, I've grown them properly, pretty impressed so far
Last edited by broadway; 04-05-2014, 03:40 PM.Cheers
DannyComment
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well your support isn't supporting anythingOriginally posted by SP1965 View Post
I usually do the corral of canes/string in a cat's cradle effect, but had a couple of broadies that came up alone, so they got a cane each.Originally posted by Dorothy rouse View Post
And guess what? The caned ones are lots taller than the rest, so you're onto something here Dorothy
It depends how windy your site isOriginally posted by broadway View Post
If you get gales at all, the plants, when fully laden, can bend and snapAll gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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Or you could grow dwarf varieties like The Sutton.Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?Comment
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Mine are in a RB in the garden so obviously get more shelter than an open plotCheers
DannyComment
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I grew that once and was very disappointed with the crop I [didn't really!] get. Only grew them once, so not a scientific test. Dunno what other folk's experiences have been (sorry about the pun!)?Originally posted by Jeanied View PostK's Garden blog the story of the creation of our gardenComment
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Don't stake mine - if they bend with the wind they still grow. If they snap well it's tough. Not had any snap yet.Comment
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some of mine are Suttons, but they still get bushy and fall over a bit, and if then the flowers can get all muddy, so mine are tied up, (not exactly staked), the others are Red Epicure, and definitely bigger.Originally posted by Jeanied View PostDottyRComment
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