[Chuffy]

I've got a long row of autumn raspberry plants which have been in for about a year now.
 
We put in sturdy stakes along the row but there are quite a lot of gaps. I was thinking that it would be a better use of space if I planted my climbing beans along the row and trained them up wires strung between the stakes.

I was going to plant the beans in coir pots (obviously a bean trench would be too upsetting for the razzie roots).

Any thoughts?

[richyrich7]

I'd not, the beans could strangle the rasps if they went mad and they usually do. Plus you've got the added competition for nutrients the rasp's won't like that either 

[penance]

Don't rasps like it a bit more acidic than beans?

[Trillium]

The raspberries are already sending out their runner roots and don't want the competition even though it seems like nothing much is happening above ground.

[Chuffy]

Bum. Lots of spare space down there until the raspberries really start spreading...
Oh well, thanks for the advice folks.

[GrannieAnnie]

Chuffy, if there's enough space, why not grow the beans up a wigwam in some biggish pots.  You could put the pots along the spaces, and they wouldn't take nutrients from the raspberries.  they shouldn't choke the raspberries either if you make sure the beans wind up the canes?

[Chuffy]

That's an interesting thought Grannie. I might rootle about and see if I can find some suitable pots.....