I think this might be where I can get an edge. At least 2 of my 3 rivals will be eating theirs too. I'm prepared to dedicate a whole plant to 1 bean. The third rival...hmmm...he could be tricky. He is competitive.
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Originally posted by dave_norm_smith View Postmist in the evenings when the flowers arrive to set the bean!All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.
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I use high nitrogen Miracle Grow though I have never `bean` been in this sort of competition.
Unlike 2Sheds I do mist not sure it helps but hey I do that with Miracle Grow to so it just gives them more food.
Six of my plants are grown up 7ft canes and then are tied along a rope for another 5/6 foot as an aside of this I find my longest straightest beans come from the free hangers on these ropes.
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Originally posted by Potstubsdustbins View Post
Six of my plants are grown up 7ft canes and then are tied along a rope for another 5/6 foot as an aside of this I find my longest straightest beans come from the free hangers on these ropes.Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
While better men than we go out and start their working lives
At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard Kipling
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I find that when you grow runners in a wigwam say the beans can get tangled with foliage etc and a lot of them grow curved or otherwise mishapen if you can get some free hanging they will grow nice and straight which is what you are after.
ColinPotty by name Potty by nature.
By appointment of VeggieChicken Member of the Nutters club.
We hang petty thieves and appoint great ones to public office.
Aesop 620BC-560BC
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Originally posted by Potstubsdustbins View PostI find that when you grow runners in a wigwam say the beans can get tangled with foliage etc and a lot of them grow curved or otherwise mishapen if you can get some free hanging they will grow nice and straight which is what you are after.
ColinOur England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
While better men than we go out and start their working lives
At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard Kipling
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