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Lovely attitude. Lovely offer..Thanks for your kindness.Diolch yn fawr.
That is lovely and exactly how I feel,,,, see the bottom comment on my posts. Well done to the missus too.XX Jeannine
I would not post a picture of my attempt on here- especially not now. Bean frame envy- a most undesirable personality trait (That looks great Big Gee!)
Wigwams; they're a convenient way of growing several varieties, and maintaining some control over what's picked.
I have a flat very tall conduit frame that I have thin ropes attached to which works perfectly fine, I can reach it from both sides and the last beans at the top I leave to dry anyway so if there is any I can't reach they get left till the plants come down and go in my stash of dry bean for cooking.I also have a rose arbour that I use for just my Gignades.If it ain't broke I don't fix it.XX Jeannine
I'm just relieved when it stays up all summer and only collapses when I finish harvesting!
Wigwams are fine, but they have their limitations - more so even than conventional 'A' shaped ridge frames. They both have a few undesirable characteristics that hamper the growth of bean plants.Beans need copious amounts of water & sunlight - they suffer badly on dry free draining soil, hence the reason prior preperation of a bed is required where beans are to be grown, material is added to a trench where the beans are to be grown to absorb & maintain a high moisture level at the roots of the beans whilst they are growing.Ridge frames converge at the top - like the 'A' frame of a roof. When the plants climb to the ridge sunlight is blocked and water gets shed off the support in much the same way as a roof on a house sheds water. The end result is that the centre of your runner bean row/ bed gets robbed of rain water. In addition to that there is congestion at the ridge that hampers growth and really hampers the harvesting of the beans. The pods on the inside of this type of frame are deprived of light and access is restricted for pollinating insects. As the ridge frame is designed to allow bean vines to grow towards the ridge, most of the bean pods hang on the inside of the structure. Exactly the same applies to wigwam supports. This is the exact opposite of what is desirable.
Just got the beans, thanks. They look just like Blackpod, but that's not stringless, so yours will be an improvement.
My beans have arrived, and also your payment details, which I will attend to tomorrow. Thank you very much!
Thankyou mine have arrived