We're growing runner beans for the first time this year as well as our usual French Dwarf Beans. The variety is Wisley Magic and they have passed the top of the canes at about 7 feet grown on a traditional "A"? frame row and there are now many red flowers.
The question is do runner beans have to have the tops pinched out for best yields ?
Cheers
Mike
Runner Beans; To Pinch or not to Pinch ?
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Hello Mike
I always pinch out the tops down to about a foot below the top of the sticks. I don't think that it affects the crop very much but if you don't do it the whole wigwam/row of sticks becomes very top heavy with mature beans later on - after some windy weather the whole lot will have fallen over. Maybe I should make my rows much stronger!!
John
I always pinch out the tops down to about a foot below the top of the sticks. I don't think that it affects the crop very much but if you don't do it the whole wigwam/row of sticks becomes very top heavy with mature beans later on - after some windy weather the whole lot will have fallen over. Maybe I should make my rows much stronger!!
John
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