pinching out runner bean tip?

[OllieMartin]

I pinched out my runners 6" from the top of the wigwam, they're now this tall:



No idea what they'd be like if I hadn't pinched them, but it doesn't seem to have stopped them so much.

[Bren In Pots]

Ollie mines the same, so now I'm not sure if I ought to snip all the growth that's above the canes.

[coreopsis]

Mine ones are dangling nicely in the air-at least I know where's blowing from(not that I would have known...*west*west*west*...

[veggielover]

Mine have gone crazy tall...... just going to leave them now. Will pinch out tip next year though. I have a few beans already growing, when should i start picking? i found one earlier ( hiding at the back ) thats about 8cm long!!!!

[Redic87]

by pinching out the tip like already said you will encourage side shoots but you will also prevent pests like blackfly

[ckfe]

a lot of the flowers on mine have fallen off but there isn't a bean there.. is this normal?

[kerryp]

ahhhhhhhhh so THATS how i stop them growing upwards hehehehe i kept threading them back down & through my trellis & now its gonna need nailing to our fence b4 it falls down! god only knows what im gonna do if every flower turns into a bean.... i could bury someone in them!

[Snadger]

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.. in fact where are the side shoots supposed to come out of? (and don't say the sides )..........................

The sides!!!!!!

[OllieMartin]

The sides!!!!!!

Classic comedy

[Two_Sheds]

by pinching out the tip like already said you will encourage side shoots but you will also prevent pests like blackfly

Not much, you won't. Blackfly will still congregrate on the underneath of leaves ... don't get complacent folks just because you're pinching out.

a lot of the flowers on mine have fallen off but there isn't a bean there.. is this normal?

yep. Beans along in a bit. Make sure your plants don't dry out.

when should i start picking? i found one earlier ( hiding at the back ) thats about 8cm long!!!!

when they are big enough to eat. 8cm isn't too small, imo. The more you pick, the more you get.

[rustylady]

I'm experimenting by pinching out all my beans at about 2', and then I'll do so again at about 4'.

What, all of them Hazel? I'm a coward so I think I'd only do half of them.

[rustylady]

a lot of the flowers on mine have fallen off but there isn't a bean there.. is this normal?

May be a bit dry at the roots, or lack of pollination. If you do water, then give them a really good soak.

[Hazel at the Hill]

What, all of them Hazel? I'm a coward so I think I'd only do half of them.

Yep - I pinched 'em all out at 2' then turned my back, & next minute they were at 4', and I pinched 'em out again. I've turned my back this evening (rain stops play) and I bet they are up near the tops.

Will take a pic.

[rustylady]

Yep - I pinched 'em all out at 2' then turned my back, & next minute they were at 4', and I pinched 'em out again. I've turned my back this evening (rain stops play) and I bet they are up near the tops.

Will take a pic.

Maybe I'll be brave next year. Mine are doing well, and picked my first beans day before yesterday

[ckfe]

May be a bit dry at the roots, or lack of pollination.

how do i get them to pollinate?