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Runner Bean Frame.
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. |
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Runner Bean Frame.
"Judith" wrote in message ... 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 |
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Runner Bean Frame.
On Sat, 5 Apr 2014 16:25:30 +0100, "philgurr"
wrote: "Judith" wrote in message .. . 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 !!) |
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Runner Bean Frame.
"Judith in England" wrote in message news On Sat, 5 Apr 2014 16:25:30 +0100, "philgurr" wrote: "Judith" wrote in message . .. 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 !!) Tis true. We don't plant out anything that is frost tender until the middle of June. Runner beans are usually planted singly in 3" pots in the greenhouse in May - and even then we can get caught out. Aviemore is reputed to get frosts every month of the year! Ardmhor Northern Highlands of Scotland |
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Runner Bean Frame.
On Sat, 5 Apr 2014 16:25:30 +0100, "philgurr"
wrote: "Judith" wrote in message .. . On Wed, 2 Apr 2014 10:51:55 +0100, "T Bentley" wrote: 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 How did things go? |
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Runner Bean Frame.
"Judith in England" wrote in message news On Sat, 5 Apr 2014 16:25:30 +0100, "philgurr" wrote: "Judith" wrote in message . .. On Wed, 2 Apr 2014 10:51:55 +0100, "T Bentley" wrote: 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 How did things go? Looking good, but the first beans are still only 6" long. The structure has been remarkably stable in the wind that we get here. Ardmhor |
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Runner Bean Frame.
On Fri, 8 Aug 2014 16:10:03 +0100, "philgurr"
wrote: "Judith in England" wrote in message news On Sat, 5 Apr 2014 16:25:30 +0100, "philgurr" wrote: "Judith" wrote in message ... On Wed, 2 Apr 2014 10:51:55 +0100, "T Bentley" wrote: 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 How did things go? Looking good, but the first beans are still only 6" long. The structure has been remarkably stable in the wind that we get here. Ardmhor I recall a friend in Aberdeen a few years back - we were both growing runner-beans. End of June/early July I told him mine were coming on nicely - how were his? He said the frost had just got them !! |
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Runner Bean Frame.
"Judith in England" wrote in message news On Fri, 8 Aug 2014 16:10:03 +0100, "philgurr" wrote: "Judith in England" wrote in message news On Sat, 5 Apr 2014 16:25:30 +0100, "philgurr" wrote: "Judith" wrote in message m... On Wed, 2 Apr 2014 10:51:55 +0100, "T Bentley" wrote: 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 How did things go? Looking good, but the first beans are still only 6" long. The structure has been remarkably stable in the wind that we get here. Ardmhor I recall a friend in Aberdeen a few years back - we were both growing runner-beans. End of June/early July I told him mine were coming on nicely - how were his? He said the frost had just got them !! We've been quite near a frost in the last week (+2.2 or 36.5 for David) but the beans haven't sufered. Waiting to see how well the frame holds up for tomorow's wind. The frame seems quite successful but there is a little more labour involved in making sure that the plants follow the right stick! Ardmhor 40 miles north of Inverness |
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Runner Bean Frame.
On 10/08/2014 22:40, philgurr wrote:
We've been quite near a frost in the last week (+2.2 or 36.5 for David) Thanks. They will climb the left cane as well as the right one, They don't care which. David |
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