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Hi I have inherited a 6 foot wooden 4-sided wigwam with the house.

It's quite large. What can I plant up it?

I have climbing bean Blue Lake which doesn't say how large it gets and dwarf pea Little Marvel.

Can I put them against the wigwam or do I need something else? Can I sow direct or grow in a pot first? How many plants per side? It's about 3 feet each side. Is it better to abandon the wigwam and use canes?

Any advice, thanks.

janeyo

Blue Lake are climbers (6' plus) and tasty too. You can sow direct, but risk losing the seed/plant to mice/slugs, etc. If the wigwam 'gaps' are too large you could infill with canes? (Can't quite visualise what it looks like, sorry). You could grow climbing squash/courgette up the wigwam too? Check planting spacing according to what you decide to grow.

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Wow! Lucky you! I'd have climbing french beans up it like a shot. I'd sow them middle to end of April in small pots and put one against each upright when the plant is about 6" tall. They'll self cling and feed you amply. Looks like you'd get about 20 plants up there.

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I have some climbing beans so will do as you suggest. Thanks

j

ps it was about the only thing of use in the entire house and garden left for us then!
I have just dscoved the ash I keep finding all over the place is actually burnt veneered wardrobes. he wanted extra money at the last hurdle and we said no so he burnt the wardobes! Nice. Hope the ash won't do much damage to my crops.

I agree with flummery! Lucky you - what I would say is - and I'm sure you already do this - but make sure you read the packet (peas and beans) - I made the BIG mistake last year of planting my purple beans, peas, beans etc.....with very long canes - it was only when they were growing I realised they were DWARF beans! LOL! Bernie aka DDL

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