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Old 17-07-2007, 01:31 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Mary Fisher Mary Fisher is offline
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Default Runner bean trimming?


"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article ,
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.



And you have to look at them daily, those tips grow at an astonishing rate!
Think Jack and the Beanstalk.

Mary