Building runner bean supports
Apr 28, 2020
4 minutes
TWO of the most eagerly awaited summer crops are runner beans and sweet peas. They’re both quite easy to grow up a simple wigwam of bamboo canes, thrust into the soil and tied at the top. This method of support looks fairly robust and is usually fine for sweet peas, but not runner beans, which will rocket away in the warm weather spreading into a wall of greenery. The first gust of strong wind can knock them flat. Even without strong winds, the weight of bean top growth can have a wigwam leaning over alarmingly, and it’s almost impossible to return it to a stable upright position.
Building the support
To build a strong
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