Growing Pole Beans Easily in Small Spaces and Yeah... Up Poles! - TRG 2014

Tips, Tricks

1. Great idea! Thank you so much
2. How much sun and water?  Thnks!
3. I am so excited I just took my first bean off my pole beans (june16) and i starteded them from bean seed. I ate it raw...hope i don't poop a storm.
4. get to picking buddy!
5. The native americans planted a stalk of corn, let it grow about five inches, then planted pole beans around it. That way you have your pole for the beans to grow up AND an ear of corn. Yay! Thanks for the video!!
6. Hi Gary!  I love your garden...   question, did you need to tie the poles together or just stuck them in the ground?   And you recommended 3 seeds per pole?   thank you   Lori
7. I have sprouted a few pole beans, I like the idea of the pole but I don't know how, do the beans wrap themselves around or do I need to put in some nails??
8. Thanks . One question. Can I plant the bean itself in the earth, cover up or do I have to buy the seeds?
9. I wish I watched before transplanting my beans I took out the smaller beans but at least I got 4
10. Thank you for the tips on the poles. I went and bought some stakes today at Home Depot. They had it for .99 each. 
11. Anybody here not yet a member of Gary's The Rusted Garden facebook page?  https://www.facebook.com/groups/262500970619372/345893545613447/  How will it become the premiere facebook gardening page without you???
12. how deep of soil do I need for pole beans? I have enough lumber left over to do a 2x2 box, thanks for the videos they really do help
13. when is good time to plant bush beans im in se texas
14. great tip Gary ! gonna try pole beans next year, it is too late for me in zone 5 to grow pole beans :( how early can u set out bean plants ?
15. Gary, I prefer pole beans, too. I think they are more prolific and you are right, they don't take up near the space as bush beans.
16. And they taste better than bush beans. I love Kentucky Wonders!
17. It is funny how we use different terms here in the UK compared to America.  WE call the bush variety Dwarf French Beans and the Pole Beans,  Climbing  French Beans.   We call fava beans  broad beans and lima beans butter beans. The structure you use to grow the beans with canes, here in the UK we call wigwam structure and you can buy  attachment to the poles to attach the canes.  Does this mean that your tomato growing season is coming to an end, as this seems a bit early.  Generally when is your first frost date where you live, as one of my friend is predicting that some parts of America will have another severe winter.
18. Beautiful! I already purchased a few different Pole beans, so I better dig them out and look them over and decide for next year. Thank you!
19. Thanks.. I'll try this next year. I thought I was going to have to construct something a lot more elaborate.  This looks do able.
20. My folks always planted bush beans, talk about back breaking!!  This is my first year at a new place and I have a much larger garden area than I have had in the past, so I ventured out trying many new plants and techniques.  I decided to plant pole beans on a "trellis" made from cattle panels formed into a hoop/arch.  They have been doing great!  I can walk under the arch and pick the beans hanging down - VERY EASY!  I also planted cucumbers on the other side of the arch and carrots, lettuce, and onions inside/under the arch.  Tried small watermelon and muskmelon as well, but, they didn't climb as well as the pole beans and cucumber.  Live and learn. :-)