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Broadback writes:
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| To maximise crop is it best to pinch out runner beans when they reach
| the top of their poles, or leave them to sort themselves out?

Pinch them out. They will produce new shoots from lower down.
I grow mine on a 'cage' and drape them across the top of it, so
don't pinch.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.