On Sat, 5 Apr 2014 16:25:30 +0100, "philgurr"
wrote:


"Judith" wrote in message
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On Wed, 2 Apr 2014 10:51:55 +0100, "T Bentley"
wrote:

Could anyone suggest a simple and good ready to assemble runner bean frame
please. thanks



I use pairs of canes in an inverted V - with a horizontal cane running at right
angles to them all at the top to hold them steady.

Works very well.

This topic has really started me thinking. Sixty years ago I used
bean poles, crossing just below the top and with poles tied along
the top. Then poles became unobtainable and I used string. As
I became more affluent I used 8 foot canes, and for the last 60
years I have had to rummage inside the row of beans, trying
to find all the crop - with varying success.

This year (having given it extraordinary thought) I intend to cross
my canes just 4 feet above the ground, so that the top of the cane
hangs outward. Advantages are that the horizontal cane can be
tied in at a comfortable height for someone of advanced years and
the beans should hang down in full view. Disadvantages are that
the plants will require more guidance in their twining and there may
be less humidity round the plants (not that this will matter in the
North of Scotland!) - time will tell

Ardmhor
Northern Highlands of Scotland



Interesting idea.

Don't forget to report back at the end of the season ;-)


(Just noticed where you are. A few years ago I was in Aberdeen in June and
asked a friend how his beans were doing - and told him how well mine were
doing. He said he had just lost the lot to frost !!)