[KT]

yes i bought the dwarf's accidently i bunged a few in just to give them a go really so im not too worried if they arn't worth doing again. Though for the moment they look like they will be giving me beans before the climbers anyway so might be a nice stop gap.

[KT]

Sorry, I live on my own and have 40 runners, 10 dwarf french (more next year), and two courgettes, though one would be plenty.  I freeze the extra.

40 ??! goodness don't you drown??  Eeek see it's post's like that which make me worry.

[DD.]

128 Runners
128 Climbing French

Plus a few spares.

[KT]

128 Runners
128 Climbing French

Plus a few spares.

Argh .... see THIS is why i worry?! should i have plated more or are you feeding a small army?

[DD.]

I do have a lot of spares, admittedly, but with apologies to your dad, 3 -4 plants would be no where near enough.

[strangerachael]

We are a family of four and I have always found around 15 - 20 plants to be plenty. Maybe 25 if you want plenty to freeze as well but I'm not too keen on them frozen. You want a bit of variety as well as quantity!

[KT]

I do have a lot of spares, admittedly, but with apologies to your dad, 3 -4 plants would be no where near enough.

how many would you have recommended? for a family of 4 with hopes of freezing a few?  

[KT]

We are a family of four and I have always found around 15 - 20 plants to be plenty. Maybe 25 if you want plenty to freeze as well but I'm not too keen on them frozen. You want a bit of variety as well as quantity!

Hmm ok so 10 is probabally i bit under then? but hopefully the french beans will fill in the gaps?

[DD.]

Before I got the plot I used to grow 48 plants at home. That was about right for us. Depends on your appetite!

[DD.]

You want a bit of variety as well as quantity!

Got that as well!

[peapod]

For a family of five Ive got about 10 runners, 10 climbing and about 70 dwarf

We loves our dwarf beans we does 

[beansticks]

I grow a double row of 25 plants,giving me obviously 50 plants,this is plenty for our family of 2 adults,1 foster child and 1 granddaughter who only lives 50 yds away.Plus i give lbs away.

[mumofstig]

There's only me to feed and I'm growing 16 runners and 12 of DDs purple climbing beans, and have just sown a few more runners direct at the front of the row to carry on the crop a bit later, if the weather stays mild, they do carry on for a long while
Like Ice, what i don't use fresh i freeze for the winter as i do like my beans