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Pole bean climbing
Comments (10)Arlen, I am also growing the scarlet runners as perennials, however this will be my first year. I will do what I do with all my other perennial crops, prune it drastically, keep watering it but otherwise ignore it until it comes back in the spring. I plan on keeping seed and sending it to some folks in the Bay Area, I think San Francisco would have and ideal climate for runner beans, always cool or mild, but never cold or hot. So I have been pondering this question, and I went out and checked how my pole beans were climbing. Al the P. vulgaris are climbing counter clock wise. That would be Garafal oro, Kentucky wonder, Purple peacock. The scarlet runner is also climbing counter clock wise. The pole limas (P lunatus) is also climbing counter clock wise (all these are bird's eye view). I have Carolina limas and Christmas limas planted so far. I also have a pole cow pea (yard long), that is yet another species, but it still has not figured out how to climb. I think they are too cold, hopefully it will warm up soon. I suspect it will be the same though.......See MoreHow do I make pole beans climb?
Comments (7)Always in a counter-clockwise direction viewed top-down (snip)? In Britain and other European countries they do the opposite: counter-clockwise when viewed from the base of the plant, ie the beans meet their support and start curling right and up. When viewed from top down, it appears as clockwise rotation. Both runnerbeans and ordinary 'French' beans rotate in the same direction in Britain/Europe, although some gardening books state the opposite. It is helpful to observe how beans climb so that plants can be gently pulled towards a support and twisted around it in the right way. Provided the beans were long enough in the first place, they will stay and soon cling to their support tightly once they have been helped to climb in this way....See MorePole beans on mesh trellis?
Comments (1)Pole beans will spiral tightly around the wires and climb very well. Cleaning them off at the end of the season will be your only concern. I've never cleaned spent bean vines off wire, but I imagine it might be a chore. I would be tempted to burn them off after they dry. Jim...See MorePole Snap Beans Are Climbing
Comments (3)Hi, I am new, and I haven't had time to update my page. Anyway, I am growing pole beans (regular), and I am using a large tomato cage instead of a trellis. I intend to train the vine up then down and so. I will let you know if I have enough room for growth in the tomato cage. Also, I put three seeds?? Maybe two seeds would fit better; I will find out. Happy gardening..Daisy PA I live in Pa what's my zone?...See More- 16 years ago
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