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Title: How long does it take ...
Post by: Slug_killer on May 13, 2010, 14:07:33
How long does it take to put up canes for runner beans ?

I went down the lottie yesterday for (what I thought was to be ) a quickie.

All I wanted to do was put up a few canes for me runners.

3 hours !

Just for 60 canes (30 pairs). The ground was already dug and raked.

3 whole hours !

Am I really pathetic, or does it really take that long ?

Title: Re: How long does it take ...
Post by: lincsyokel2 on May 13, 2010, 14:26:43
Im baffled as to how you can occupy 3 hours doing that. takes me about 15 mins tops to build three  12 cane wigwams in predug ground.
Title: Re: How long does it take ...
Post by: landimad on May 13, 2010, 20:34:40
What have you been up to Slug_killer???
It does not take that long to put up 60 canes.
I have two rows of 24 and a frame around the top. Only took around 35minutes.
Is there something you are not telling us???
Title: Re: How long does it take ...
Post by: gwynleg on May 13, 2010, 21:18:31
Any chatting with neighbours along the way?

I found it took me a long time for a lot less canes (finding the right size in the jumble Ihad left last year, reaching up to try to tie the canes that are really too high for me, etc ) I think things always take longer than you expect!
Title: Re: How long does it take ...
Post by: powerspade on May 13, 2010, 21:45:53
I just put up 50 canes this afternoon and it took about 20 minutes
Title: Re: How long does it take ...
Post by: Borlotti on May 13, 2010, 21:53:51
I grow my runner beans in the same place each year (so what) and got OH to put up the bean frame and no way am I going to move it whilst I still get beans (apart from the frost this year).  Did put up some canes and string for my sweet peas in the garden but after the cat/kitten tried to strangle himself on the string, took it all down so that took a long time, but who cares.
Title: Re: How long does it take ...
Post by: elvis2003 on May 13, 2010, 21:57:13
slugkiller who cares how long it took as long as you had fun doing it!  ;D
Title: Re: How long does it take ...
Post by: Digindep on May 14, 2010, 15:26:03
What Slug doen't say is  "what time he woke up".... ;)


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