Dwarf green bean plants

[sodbuster]

I think I have sorted out a problem I had with dwarf green beans. Just before the plants went into full fruit i.e in flower stage, many of my plants would just give up and fall over. So, I thought why not put in a six inch stake at the side of plants? Will this work?
Sodbuster.

[Hazel at the Hill]

They can get top-heavy, SD - if you put a short cane at each corner of your french bean row(s), then whizz round with some string/wire, that should give them enough support to keep upright.

[brownfingers]

I've put one foot canes in to give mkne support. Same goes for the dwarf borlettis. Seems to work.

[Two_Sheds]

my plants would just give up and fall over.

Even if they fall over, they should still produce pods (mine do, and I never stake the dwarves). I think your problem is something else

[chilli_grower]

I have grown dwarf french beans this season, they sort of flopped over a bit, but that was because they were full of beans!

My dwarf beans have actually done far better than the climbers.

Next year I will just be growing dwarfs and not bothering with any climbers.

[Bex]

I have grown dwarf french beans this season, they sort of flopped over a bit, but that was because they were full of beans!

My dwarf beans have actually done far better than the climbers.

Next year I will just be growing dwarfs and not bothering with any climbers.

Ive had the opposite problem. Hardly a bean from my dwarves but loads from my climbers.

[greenishfing]

I was considering growing the climbing French beans next year because I am fed up of grovelling in the mud to pick the dwarf ones. I've never had a problem with the amount of beans, just the finding of them.

[Two_Sheds]

I've never had a problem with the amount of beans, just the finding of them.

Cosse Violette is a great one for the short-sighted
It's also one of the earliest to crop & very prolific

[Two_Sheds]

My dwarf beans have actually done far better than the climbers.

Ive had the opposite problem. Hardly a bean from my dwarves but loads from my climbers.

They are variable, dwarf & climbers. My best dwarves are Black Valentine & Rocquencourt, the poorest are dwarf Barlotta with only one or 2 pods each plant.

Climbers, the best are most of them actually, but esp. Bridgewater & Moonlight (a runner which I use dry as a butter bean)

[Scarlet]

Black valentine is one of my favourite dwarf varieties and is a good cropper. Though I think you get more for your space on a climbing variety, pick them young and small they crop for a very long time.