String beans climbing too high
 

My string beans are climbing so high, they are above
the netting strung against 6' wall, and waving their tendrils
desperately in the air.

Will it upset them if I nip off the too-high portions?

TIA

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Persephone

String beans climbing too high
 

String beans climbing too high
 

On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 07:46:48 GMT,
wrote:


My string beans are climbing so high, they are above
the netting strung against 6' wall, and waving their tendrils
desperately in the air.

Will it upset them if I nip off the too-high portions?


They may be upset, but it's important to teach them who's in
charge! You're the boss....just explain to them that it's
for their own good. g

I think it would be OK. It would likely make them bushier
lower down, which is desirable.

Pat

String beans climbing too high
 

to disco music

wave your tendrils in the air -- wave 'em like you just don't care!

pat :)

String beans climbing too high
 

My string beans are climbing so high, they are above
the netting strung against 6' wall, and waving their tendrils
desperately in the air.

Will it upset them if I nip off the too-high portions?


Yes, but probably not fatally. On the other hand if you leave them alone they
will cascade back down, Many times the cascading vine will give a better crop
than the ones going up.

String beans climbing too high
 

On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 07:46:48 GMT, wrote:


My string beans are climbing so high, they are above
the netting strung against 6' wall, and waving their tendrils
desperately in the air.

Will it upset them if I nip off the too-high portions?

TIA

Thanks to all for helpful responses. The concensus
seems to be that if they can't go higher, they will turn around and go
lower. While this is no doubt pragmatically true, one wonders
how a plant that is programmed to be negatively geotropic (or
positively phototropic?) can flourish in a positively geotropic
direction. (See how smart I am :)

Well, theorizing aside, I will refrain from future pinching and
let the vines do their thing.

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Persephone

String beans climbing too high
 

String beans climbing too high
 

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My string beans are climbing so high, they are above
the netting strung against 6' wall, and waving their tendrils
desperately in the air.

Will it upset them if I nip off the too-high portions?

I remember reading somewhere, maybe Sq Ft Gardening, that if you clip
them at the top, they will start a new shoot somewhere lower down and
begin the bloom cycle all over on that new shoot.

Last year I let mine dangle - this year I'll clip them off. Will report
this fall.

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String beans climbing too high