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Runner Bean Frame.
Could anyone suggest a simple and good ready to assemble runner bean frame
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T Bentley wrote:
Could anyone suggest a simple and good ready to assemble runner bean frame please. thanks I use three (more, if you like) 7-8ft canes simply stuck into the soil and tied together at the top to make a "wigwam". Three plants last year easily produced enough beans for me & 'Er Indoors. -- Chris |
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"CT" wrote in message ... T Bentley wrote: Could anyone suggest a simple and good ready to assemble runner bean frame please. thanks I use three (more, if you like) 7-8ft canes simply stuck into the soil and tied together at the top to make a "wigwam". Three plants last year easily produced enough beans for me & 'Er Indoors. -- Chris --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks. but there do seem to be some steel rod triangular 'long' type frames, which we thought over the long term might be quite good ? |
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On 2014-04-02 09:51:55 +0000, T Bentley said:
Could anyone suggest a simple and good ready to assemble runner bean frame please. thanks Wigwam of canes with the top ends poked through the bottom of an inverted plant pot. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
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"T Bentley" wrote ...
Could anyone suggest a simple and good ready to assemble runner bean frame please. thanks Depends where it's for. If it's a nice protected back garden then you can simply make one from 8ft canes, mark two lines across the plot 3ft apart, push canes into the soil as far as possible at 1ft spacing along both rows, then using another cane horizontally along the middle of the rows tie each two canes to the horizontal cane which should be underneath where they cross. If it's an open allotment site then similar to the above but I use thin wooden poles as horizontal poles and strong metal stakes (scaffold poles banged into the soil as far as possible at 6ft intervals) holding that up before I tie the canes to it. We have never had our beans blow down, unlike most others. -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK |
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"Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... "T Bentley" wrote ... Could anyone suggest a simple and good ready to assemble runner bean frame please. thanks Depends where it's for. If it's a nice protected back garden then you can simply make one from 8ft canes, mark two lines across the plot 3ft apart, push canes into the soil as far as possible at 1ft spacing along both rows, then using another cane horizontally along the middle of the rows tie each two canes to the horizontal cane which should be underneath where they cross. If it's an open allotment site then similar to the above but I use thin wooden poles as horizontal poles and strong metal stakes (scaffold poles banged into the soil as far as possible at 6ft intervals) holding that up before I tie the canes to it. We have never had our beans blow down, unlike most others. -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks to all. Bob, curious how you tie a horizontal wooden pole to a vertical scaffold pole ? |
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"T Bentley" wrote in message ... Thanks to all. Bob, curious how you tie a horizontal wooden pole to a vertical scaffold pole ? Its called lashing (:-) http://www.animatedknots.com/lashsquare/ Regards Pete |
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"T Bentley" wrote
"Bob Hobden" wrote "T Bentley" wrote ... Could anyone suggest a simple and good ready to assemble runner bean frame please. thanks Depends where it's for. If it's a nice protected back garden then you can simply make one from 8ft canes, mark two lines across the plot 3ft apart, push canes into the soil as far as possible at 1ft spacing along both rows, then using another cane horizontally along the middle of the rows tie each two canes to the horizontal cane which should be underneath where they cross. If it's an open allotment site then similar to the above but I use thin wooden poles as horizontal poles and strong metal stakes (scaffold poles banged into the soil as far as possible at 6ft intervals) holding that up before I tie the canes to it. We have never had our beans blow down, unlike most others. -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks to all. Bob, curious how you tie a horizontal wooden pole to a vertical scaffold pole ? Using garden wire through the holes drilled in the poles, you only have to drill the holes once. -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK |
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On Wed, 2 Apr 2014 11:52:41 +0100, "T Bentley"
wrote: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks. but there do seem to be some steel rod triangular 'long' type frames, which we thought over the long term might be quite good ? I know someone who is hoping to get his friend to weld him some stuff together to make an arch. -- http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk |
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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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"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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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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"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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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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