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Little Marvel

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Support for climbing beans
« on: May 09, 2009, 17:09:31 »
The best way of supporting beans that I've tried is to fix an old bike wheel horizontally on top of a post and then push canes into the ground in a circle round it and tie them to the rim of the wheel. I think my OH fixed a flat piece of wood on the end of the post and fixed the wheel to that by stapling across the spokes. I had 15/16  6 foot canes on each one last year. I should think 4 feet high would be enough for the post, though ours are about 5 feet. It makes a really stable structure. I've tried 2/3 other ways of doing it but this is the only one that hasn't blown down when we've had really windy weather. 
« Last Edit: May 09, 2009, 17:16:44 by Little Marvel »

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Re: Support for climbing beans
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2009, 17:33:36 »
Welcome to A4A Little Marvel, I've seen these in action, but do you have a photo for those who haven't?
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Re: Support for climbing beans
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2009, 23:58:06 »
yes photo please so i can better understand the attaching to the wood part

 

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