Comments on: Growing Beans on a Trellis in your Backyard Garden

By: Marshall Reagan

Marshall Reagan — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 04:44:18 +0000

i do my beans on an arbor. I use the welded cattle panels (4 ft by 16 ft fastened to the 6 ft tee post using 3 or 4 panels per row and 2 rows wide , then I use concrete reinforcing wire to form the top across the space between the 2 rows forming the arch. the pole beans are planted on both rows and will completely cover the arch.when you pick beans you are picking most of them in the shade.

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 20:15:59 +0000

In reply to Mr. Stoney. For the peas, I did two rows about 3 inches apart on either side of the trellis. I also planted some half-runner beans like this (but 6 inches between rows on either side of the trellis.) With the double rows on each side, my peas took up about 2ft across, and my beans about 3ft across.

By: Mr. Stoney

Mr. Stoney — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 20:05:03 +0000

In reply to Heather. Our first bean trellis was something similar. We build a 2 x 4 frame in a long wedge shape with bird netting on it. It did really well. The only reason I switched was that its "footprint" was bigger than I really wanted, taking up too much ground.

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 19:21:28 +0000

I grew long-vine peas on a trellis this year. I used 4 green steel fence t-posts and strung deer netting on them down the row, which was about 16-20 feet. It was very sturdy and the peas grew up it and beyond quite well. I think beans would also grow up this well, but I make teepees for my pole beans and plant my winter squash between the teepees.