There was a thread about pruning -- was it tomatoes? -- where it was
thought that pruning wouldn't hurt output? Have I got that right?

I am facing similar situation. My green bean vines just LEAPED up the
6-foot netting, and now are waving their antennae in open air. I am
reluctant to prune when they have barely begun to flower, much less
fruit. Should I train them to start down wards? Or? Tx for any
help.

On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:56:40 -0700 (PDT), Higgs Boson
wrote:

There was a thread about pruning -- was it tomatoes? -- where it was
thought that pruning wouldn't hurt output? Have I got that right?

I am facing similar situation. My green bean vines just LEAPED up the
6-foot netting, and now are waving their antennae in open air. I am
reluctant to prune when they have barely begun to flower, much less
fruit. Should I train them to start down wards? Or? Tx for any
help.

Leave your green beans alone, gravity will tend to them.

On Jul 17, 7:56*pm, Higgs Boson wrote:
There was a thread about pruning -- was it tomatoes? -- where it was
thought that pruning wouldn't hurt output? Have I got that right?

I am facing similar situation. *My green bean vines just LEAPED up the
6-foot netting, and now are waving their antennae in open air. *I am
reluctant to prune when they have barely begun to flower, much less
fruit. *Should I train them to start down wards? *Or? * Tx for any
help.

After two decades of growing pole beans that do the same thing, I can
confidently say, don't worry about it.