Beautious

Do you pinch out your runner beans

Posted on 07/16/09, 03:46 pm

when they reach a certain height?

I heard of someone doing this and wondered who else does, if you do can you say when to do it ?

Would be great to hear more about this :O)

Thanks

• Reply #1 07/20/09  6:04am
  
  Beautious
  Yes you do :O) - no one answered so I did some research - grow great things all x
• Reply #2 07/24/09  8:26pm
  
  thegardener
  sorry i didn't reply, i read your post, but i really had no idea, about runner beans, flowers and herbs yes, beans no,lol so sorry about that, and thanks for answering your own post, becouse i know now about the beans, now i have to look at when you do this, although i can't grow these in my garden at the moment, becouse mine is so shady,and they don't grow, at work we grow them, but i don't have much to do with the veg side, as i say i do the herbs and flowers.
• Reply #3 07/26/09  4:53pm
  
  Beautious
  Hi Gardener :O) so pleased you replied here - I found out that you need to pinch out sweet peas too :O) so I busy pinching out :O)
  
  My herbs are growing grand too - in fact the garden looks just great at the moment - I love your calendular avi picture :O) x
  
  
• Reply #4 07/28/09  8:12pm
  
  thegardener
  hi beautious i suppose if you have to pinch out sweet peas do you have to pinch out pea plants as well,i know how to do toms, but thats about all.
  what herbs do you grow ?
  my garden is not to good at the moment, as i can't get out to it, becouse of neibours abuse to me, but i still try to keep it going, i am moving hopefuly soon, so i will move all my plants,but as i am not sure when i am moving, i haven't done to much with it, like buying plants ecetra,do you have a big garden, and what else do you grow?
• Reply #5 08/05/09  8:00pm
  
  Beautious
  I'm just starting my new garden - it is only one year old at the moment but still doing grand, I have a lot of plants still in pots which need to go into ground and I am thinking it might get a bit crowded but I sure do love my plants.
  
  I think you might have to pinch out pea plants when they reach the height you want, I found my sweet peas still growing like mad even with pinch out.
  
  Sorry to hear about your neighbour - that is not good for you, hoping you will find the perfect new home with a great space for gardening too. A gardener just has to keep on gardening and the wildlife do love a gardener.
  
  I grow lots of herbs as this is a great interest of mine - I have rosemary, lavender, majoram, chives, oregano, mint, peppermint, loads of thymes (cos they good for respiratory) lungwort - but I don't use that yet) Calendula of course :O) (but that mainly skin preps medicinal) and pineapple sage, other sage, sorrel but then I think we getting into the veges which I also grow.
  
  My garden is not too big - I also use the neighbours garden, who invited me to do his mainly because he doesn't do anything in the garden himself, so I grow my veg in his (easy access) and flowers and herbs in mine - although I do a bit of duplicating with the herbs and flowers in his garden to help keep the predator insects interested to fight off them aphids :O)
  
  I am delighted my new garden has frogs to help keep the slugs and snails at bay and also a hedgehog :O) there is a robin that sings to me in the winter and spring and the blackbirds in the summer. Lots of other birds visit at different times. The garden at the moment is full of butterflies but alas some are cabbage white so I am going to have to watch out for them caterpillars eating my veg.
  
  whoops I went on a bit there - sorry :O)
  
  Wishing you a wonderful new near future garden too gardener - just perfect for all your needs :O) Hugs x
  

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