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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: RJR_38 on March 14, 2013, 20:06

Title: Munty's bean frame
Post by: RJR_38 on March 14, 2013, 20:06

I have just read most of the thread on the FAQ forum with interest. My question (which is basic and probably silly) is do you have to dismantle and rebuild this every year because of bed rotation etc? I am not particularly keen on runners (always seem stringy) but I was thinking of doing it for peas or French beans

Title: Re: Munty's bean frame
Post by: RJR_38 on March 14, 2013, 20:07

Arrgh to ipad auto correct! I tyoed 'Muntys frame' and it changed it :(

Title: Re: Munty's bean frame
Post by: richyrich7 on March 14, 2013, 20:12

Quote from: RJR_38 on March 14, 2013, 20:07

Arrgh to ipad auto correct! I tyoed 'Muntys frame' and it changed it :(

No probs fixed now  ;)

I grow my beans in the same place for a few years at a time,  I tend to dig a trench fill with compost/paper/card etc to add moisture/nutrient so I think this helps keep the soil fresh

Title: Re: Munty's bean frame
Post by: RJR_38 on March 14, 2013, 20:18

Thanks for the edit. That is interesting to know. I might have to look again at my lottie plan...

Title: Re: Munty's bean frame
Post by: Trillium on March 14, 2013, 20:26

I built mine with extra side braces for better strength. If I have to move it, it can be lifted as one unit and not very heavy as mine is only about 4-5 ft wide. I too have left mine in place for a number of years since beans don't have the same problems other veg do.

Title: Re: Munty's bean frame
Post by: shokkyy on March 14, 2013, 22:02

I've got a timber and wire fence running round my big veg patch, about 3 feet high, and I'm planning to use that as the vertical at the back, so that's definitely going to be fixed.