[cc]

Last time I had Bird netting attached to the string. It was 10 millimetres. I assumed the beans if they went through would come back as the side I would pick from faces south. They didn't in the main because 10 millimetres is to small. I have doubled the string but I will not buy canes. Struggling to find sticks tall enough. I can find about 3 foot ones but only a few long ones. Do you think it will work with short ones just to get them on first string. Not got enough string to create a vertical for each plant. I also want to get my hands through to pull back any that decided to attach to the fence behind.
Views please.
PS do Broad beans need a frame. Neighbour gave me a few seeds but said they don't grow tall. Is there some that will grow to the top?
I assume broad beans are the ones you grow for the beans not the pods?

[JayG]

Your runners would benefit from having some vertical strings connecting the horizontal wires to twist round as they climb - cheap polypropylene twine would do the job, and you don't need to provide one per plant (they don't mind sharing if they have to, and have also got the posts to climb up.)

Broad beans are usually grown for the seeds, and in theory the shorter varieties in particular should be able to hold each other up - in practice, although my garden isn't particularly exposed, I do find they need some support (a few sticks and twine to help keep them more or less upright.)

[Subversive_plot]

I agree with JayG regarding runner beans, also for French beans that are pole beans. the vertical strings could be something relatively light, like mason's twine, and doesn't need to be straight up-and-down. I'd zig-zag twine between the lowest horizontal on the support in your photo, go up to the top, with a twist around each horizontal in-between, reverse course and go back down again, and keep going.

Broad beans are generally not grown here, so I have no opinions on that, other than to say, follow JayG's advice.

[cc]

Thanks
Not sure what these strings are? I thought I was being hopefull about the verticals

[Aunt Sally]

Adequate watering might be a bit of a problem with the water running down hill rather than sinking in and the competition from the strong plant growth on the other side of the fence could be detrimental.

[Yorkie]

Vertical or diagonal strings will work just fine 

[cc]

Just got 125 metres of twine for a £1 at Wilko's!
Wish I had bought that originally. Although I am not sure it would be strong enough for the full length.
I have weed suppresent at the back.
Don't get any water runoff
 I will try the zig zag idea for the verticals.
I think I will nip back to Wilko's and get another roll. Not sure 125 metres is enough.
Polypropylene twine

[JayG]

Polypropylene twine is very strong considering it's quite thin.
It eventually weakens due to sunlight exposure, but will easily do the job you want it to for a season.

[Growster...]

Depending on how close you plant beans, they nearly always wind around each other, and even a wavy end will catch and cling to its neighbour eventually, so as long as you have a few verticals, you'll be fine!

[cc]

I put the beans about 6 inches apart. Dug a trench. In the bottom is horse manure, not particularly well rotted. With my own compost on top of the horse manure and then the top soil put back. I am hoping that is sufficient nutrients to allow close spacing?

[Yorkie]

Manure and compost are not particularly nutrient rich; their benefit is mainly in improving soil structure, including water retention - which beans need a lot of.

Feeding later in the season once flowers have started to come would probably not hurt.

[cc]

Manure and compost are not particularly nutrient rich; their benefit is mainly in improving soil structure, including water retention - which beans need a lot of.

Feeding later in the season once flowers have started to come would probably not hurt.

With??

[Yorkie]

A liquid tomato feed

[Aunt Sally]

I put the beans about 6 inches apart. Dug a trench. In the bottom is horse manure, not particularly well rotted. With my own compost on top of the horse manure and then the top soil put back. I am hoping that is sufficient nutrients to allow close spacing?

Have you put the seeds in the ground already, cc?   Runner beans are not frost hardy, we can get frosts until the end of April.

https://www.allotment-garden.org/vegetable/runner-beans-growing/

[cc]

Have you put the seeds in the ground already, cc?   Runner beans are not frost hardy, we can get frosts until the end of April.

https://www.allotment-garden.org/vegetable/runner-beans-growing/

No I expect I will start seedlings off in greenhouse this week. Borlotti, green and purple French beans, haricot and this year broad beans.
Bit of disaster last year as some like haricot were going more sideways than up. Was finding them 20 plus feet from where I was growing them.