French bean spacing

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  • 3rd May 2019 at 8:36 am #52907

    ElizaD
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    Hello all

    Having put in my poles for French beans at 8″ spacing am I ok with my plan to grow two beans per pole? I usually leave 6″ between plants but this has seemed too much previously. The beans are in a single row in a 30″ wide border so have no other root competition.

    Looking forward to some warmer weather.

    Eliza

    4th May 2019 at 7:22 pm #52915

    ElizaD
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    Anyone grown them this close before?

    Eliza

    13th May 2019 at 8:13 pm #58874

    Di
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    I plant them closer than that. Survival of the fittest!

    18th May 2019 at 3:56 am #70293

    Sausage
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    In Organic Gardening Charles suggests 12″ apart for climbing French beans. I assume this isn’t multisown but I can’t tell from the text. Joy Larkcom suggests 9″ spacing because research shows French beans are more productive further apart, so I would go with 12″ if you can.

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