Dwarf Beans - Tendercrop - Support or not?

[sarah_rance]

Hi Guys


Just planting out my beans into a container that I can move in and out of the greenhouse until the frosts have passed. Does this variety need support?
I'm reading conflicting things.

Any help or advice appreciated.

Sarah x

[Two_Sheds]

I don't know that variety, but Tendergreen is very dwarf & compact ~ most dwarf/bush beans are, and if planted fairly close together, they hold each other up

[redser]

My first year sowing them and like Two Sheds said the ones that are close together are holding eachother up. Someone in another thread said you could make a little string fence around them (just some pea stick or bamboo with one length of string) to stop them flopping over.

[sarah_rance]

Thnaks Guys
I'll see how they get on. I've got 4 in a MFB. We'll see what happens

[rustylady]

MFB??? Morrisons Flower bucket???

[Florence Fennel]

I think you're probably right RL, although I would have thought that 4 was 3 too many. I grow mine close together in the ground and like TS says, they hold each other up.

[Two_Sheds]

MFB??? Morrisons Flower bucket???

Either that, or a mother-f***ing [big] bucket

[sarah_rance]

Lol yes 4 in a flower bucket - Too many? Only went in yesterday - not too late to drag a couple (or 3! ) out. I've never grown them before so appreciate the advice guys

[Two_Sheds]

I sow my dwarf beans about 4"-6" apart