By tilly

Re: runner beans
02 May 2008 16:05

Can i grow runner beans in a grow bag ? I want to grow some as shade for the hens but there is a load of concrete where i want to put them and being lazy i wondered if grow bags would be the answer

Replies

By Siobhan

Re: runner beans
02 May 2008 16:38

Is there a fence between where you want to put them and your hens, if not I would think the hens would eat them!

By Sam, worthing west sussex, uk

Re: runner beans
02 May 2008 18:16

Yes you can......but i would worry that you won;t be able to get your stakes in deep enough if you lay your grow bags flat.

now if you hugged your grow bag in half, and made 2 pots and put 3 canes in each you could happily grow 3 runners per pot. That would work perfectly.

Sammy

By *Bramble

Re: runner beans
03 May 2008 09:59

That's the way Sam, I was going to say get some big pots, they like depth for their roots, but half a growbag on end doesn't need a pot :-))) Don't let them dry out Tilly, they like loads of water, and start to give them some feed if you can remember when the flowers start to show :-)))

By tilly

Re: runner beans
03 May 2008 16:12

thanks guys for the advice , will use deep pots . XX

By Karenskitchen

Re: runner beans
04 May 2008 20:53

A good tip we picked up from a gardening tv prog is to insert 2 huge pots into the grow bags for just a couple of inches, fill the pots and plant in them. The roots can splay out into the pot then into the growbag. Great for tomatoes.
Also for easy watering of growbags, insert 2 small pots into the growbags then pour water straight into the empty pots.