November 23, 2024

VIDEO: 5 Best Bean Poles, Frames and Supports for Your Garden


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Climbing, pole or runner beans are amazingly prolific crops and they are attractive too, providing vertical interest in the vegetable garden.

However, they need sturdy supports and, depending on your garden, you’ll want to support them in very different ways.

In this video Ben shows 5 different ways of creating supports for climbing beans so you can pick the best system for maximum harvests.

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24 thoughts on “VIDEO: 5 Best Bean Poles, Frames and Supports for Your Garden

  1. I don't know which way I prefer. BUT I can't wait to try them. AND not just with beans. Though, Vertical does seem so much better than bush . . . for beans and other plants. I'm actually going to make a trellis for my Malabar spinach first. I didn't realize my malabar was going to vine when I bought it. But it does, and I think it will be glorious on a teepee or A frame. I can't wait to see if it will be perennial in my zone. Thanks. Your video made me think that I would be successful with whichever method I try.

  2. I'm in the process of turning a patch of my lawn into a veg patch and I've just planted some peas and beans in the hopes of a late harvest, I'm wondering if an X might be a good halfway of the A and V frames? I'm thinking still easy to make with canes and compact space like A, but maybe with bonus of hanging beans like the V

  3. I like all the ideas! However as I’m really only growing for me I think a modest wigwam of 3 poles and a staggered planting of 6 plants will keep me in beans with plenty for the freezer too! Do wonder if I could try the tunnel though for beans, cucumber and anything else that wants to climb – purely so I can put a deck chair for the shade if this summer is going to happen again!

  4. Hi Ben…
    There was no end to green bean growth this year in our small Meridian ID backyard garden… somewhat the same size as shown in your bean support video. Just enough space for a couple of large tomato plants, several cukes, a couple of peppers, green onions and carrots, and of course the beans! With difficulties locating all the beans through its tall thickness, I had to search for a solution… and there you were! So impressed with the post and wire mesh cage system, and I knew right away that is what we needed, being able to walk through it to pick! Having just finished up removal of the tired plants, I am excited to soon install your system!! Thanks so much! 🙂

  5. Watched this one in the past and watching it again tonight. Have had trouble keeping my tied poles staying together. Observing your method more closely now. Think I got it with the teepee tying.
    I'm still having trouble with the cords sliding down the poles as I wrap around from top to bottom. HELP PLZ

  6. Ohhhh the B frame sounds even easier for harvesting. Although, until I'm living near my children who will help me setup frames, the teepee frame I can handle alone. Ohhhh and I like the trellis idea using long thick branches…. I kept my okra center thick branches for future use….. I can build a trellis like you did… looks great

  7. I just wanted to point out to new gardeners that all raw beans can give you food poisoning- make sure you soak and cook all beans before eating! Do not eat them raw, off of the vine!

  8. I came here bc two of what I'm doing doesn't seem to be working. Last year in TX I used a metal trellis for beans in a pot, and when it got hot, they burned up, I guess bc the metal got too hot. So this year I decided to make some trellis out of cedar fence pickets, and guess what? The peas that came up don't seem to like it! I swear they're avoiding it, so I took it out. Maybe it's the smell of the cedar they don't like? Now I guess I'll cut some bamboo and use string. Steve, you must living in a mild climate if you're using metal for a trellis.

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