10ft runner beans!

being a bit dim here but do i pick off the tops to stop them from growing anyhigher or should i just train them to go down the next cane?

 

pinch the tops off ,iit will make them bushier and you should soon see flowers, wish mine were as good theyve gone yellow

 

Hi minxy. As Pam says, pinch them out at the top of the canes. Cheers...freddy.

 

I`ve only been growing veg for thirty odd years. I`ve never pinched them out. When they get to the top of the cane, they will then start to hang down, which is not a problem. So, leave them be, Minxy.:thumb::D

 

I agree with daitheplant. I have occasionally pinched out but it does not seem to make any difference. If you leave them the beanstalks will grow sideways or hang down and eventually get bored and stop getting longer. The most important thing is to keep picking as soon as the beans are ready: if you pick regularly the plant will continue to flower: once you leave the beans to mature it will put all its energy into developing the seed pods (which is worth doing near the end of the season to give you seed for next year!).

 

thankyou for your advice, hubby pinched the tops off as they were starting to cling to the tiles on the top of our end room lol will leave them be next time if its not a problem.

they are flowering well to

 

"I`ve only been growing veg for thirty odd years"


Here we go lol !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Heh,heh:D:thumb:

 

Great advice thankyou.
I have mine in large square pots (2 to a pot) and have tied the canes in like a teepee shape, they are against the house so that they are a bit more sheilded from the wind.
Last year was a nightmare, i had 8 plants in small rounded pots and didnt put enuff canes in they were forever being blown over, supprised i got even got a good supply of beans off them the amount of time we had to keep rescueing them.
This is only my second year of growing veggies, altho i havn't planted as much this year due to another addition to the family which kept me off my feet, :D
The only green fingers i had before was nagging hubby to get the lawnmowwer out and yelling hed missed a bit:p.
Having great fun with it and my children are really enjoying planting there own bits and bobs in pots to.
thanks kat

 

I always think that runners are much underated for their decorative qualities (I believe that they were originally imported for their flowers). I have grown them all over my various gardens: up fences, over pergolas and in pots with wigwams (though I appreciate the stability problem - a big brick in the bottom of the pot helps, but a high wind can still cause havoc). You get an attractive display of greenery and flowers and the added bonus of being able to eat the produce

 

You sure their not dwarf beans:D I once erected an 8foot tepee with canes to grow sweet peas up...didn't read the packet...they were dwarf...my next door neighbour never did let me live it down.