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Hi I've read that runner beans and French beans won't cross, has anyone tried growing them very close together? I want to grow runners on one side of a cane support and French beans in the other so they will be a couple of feet apart, do you think this will be OK?
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Cross pollination is only an issue if you want to save seeds, as the plant you get next year maybe a cross. If you want the beans don't worry and mix away. We grow mixed beans adjacent to each other, this year a wigwam of climbing Frenchies, a wigwam of climbing borlottis and a couple of runners between
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Yes, as already said they are fine as long as you aren't seed saving.
Runners and Frenchies don't often cross but they can. I grew Cosse Violetta (purple French beans) and white flowered runners on the same frame - next year I had purple flowering runners - pretty
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I always grow them close together, they don't cross. The runners however do often cross with other runners grown nearby.Last edited by Alison; 30-04-2016, 08:09 PM.
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They can cross, have a read of this, which confirms what happened to mine.
https://chiefio.wordpress.com/2011/0...-bean-crosses/Comment
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Yes, I understand they can but I've never had any problems with my French beans crossing wth each other, let alone with runnersOriginally posted by Thelma Sanders View Post
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