Wigwam for runner beans

[Containergardener]

Wow JL I think I'd confuse myself with all the canes and end up with some mad looking structure

Ah thanks mothhawk name makes perfect sense now

[Scarlet]

Sigh....I'm so jealous of all your space BM.

Me too! .

[Jay-ell]

Jay-ell, it'd take me a month of Sunday's to construct something even remotely like that ...!!!!!
I like your idea of under planting squash etc though - great use of the space!

Wow JL I think I'd confuse myself with all the canes and end up with some mad looking structure

Ah thanks mothhawk name makes perfect sense now

You should have seen the rigging I done when I tried outdoor toms - Heath Robinson would have been proud.

It's quite simple really .


Stick a line of canes about 6" apart about 6" away from the centre of the bed (put them in loosly),

Next push a line of canes firmly in the edge of the bed. Tie a horizontal cane to the tops of these canes.

Bend over the first line of canes and tie to the horizontal cane.

Tie Diagonal canes across the end for extra sturdiness.

Repeat for other side of the bed.


Here's some stylised photos of when it was covered with beans and squash

[Containergardener]

fancy pics
I hope we get update pics of your growing ..please

[Muddy_Boots]

Some impressive structures there
Im Pleased the munty has been cleared up I didn't dare ask..thought was lotters lingo

I darn't ask either, thought you meant munter (don't ask) as it was going back to my teeenage days but was certain it couldn't be that as this is about growing things.

You always learn something new or some new phrase here

[Jay-ell]

I darn't ask either, thought you meant munter (don't ask) as it :

Not sure what you would be using as the uprights here


Oooh my 1000th post

[Containergardener]

Haaaaa munter sprung to my mind also ..helped the confusion

Happy 1000th JL

[SusieG]

Haaaaa munter sprung to my mind also ..helped the confusion

Happy 1000th JL

Sooooo glad someone else is on the same wavelength ....!!!! . 'Cos at times I really do have doubts about meself!!!!!!

Ditto to JL!

[Jay-ell]

Heres what this years bean frames look like




Along the edges of the bed I've sowed dwarf frenchies

[cptncrackoff]

My long suffering better half made our wigwam for the climbing French beans and told me it was prettier with string round, so we have string! Lol

[cptncrackoff]

I got to make the runner bean frame..



No string, so apparently.. not pretty!

[Containergardener]

And it is pretty with string cptn
Ooooh no string on that one, looks good though.

Thanks JL ..looks good.

[cristalfiona]

I got to make the runner bean frame..

This is pretty much what mine should look like once I've done it this weekend - I can only access what will be the bean bed from one side (south side), so this works best for me, with DFBs along the front of the bed

[sparrow100]

I'm another munty afficionado. I have 3 now - 2 made for my 4ft wide beds (takes 10 strings so 20 bean plants) and one that's 7ft wide. I made them out of treated battens and they take up a lot less space than a teepee/wigwam, I am bad at wigwams...only the back frames up so far though.

Just getting the rest of the beans out this weekend, hurrah!

[craftymarie]

We did a simple wigwam with 4 8 ft canes for the runner beans as I only had 4 to plant out. I might use the suggestion of planting a second lot out a bit later for longer harvesting.

Made a simple frame for mangetout from 4 8 ft canes and one shorter one across top with netting clipped on for plants to cling to. Planted 28 round 3 sides of it and left one side for peas - if they germinate!

My beds are quite narrow and small so these seemed to work OK for space available.