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Growing beans and peas together - Veggie - 07-04-2021
French/Runner Beans twine around supports whereas peas like netting or summat to grab onto with their tendrils. What if that "summat" was a climbing bean?
In other words, can you think of a reason why I should, or shouldn't, grow beans and peas together on the same support?
RE: Growing beans and peas together - Small chilli - 07-04-2021
Do it , sounds like a plan.
RE: Growing beans and peas together - Admin - 07-04-2021
Only one way to find out
RE: Growing beans and peas together - Veggie - 07-04-2021
I will - you know that - but I can't be the only one who's thought of it - so why don't people talk about it??
RE: Growing beans and peas together - Bren - 07-04-2021
I know its not the same but i usually grow sweet peas and nasturtiums amongst my runner beans.
RE: Growing beans and peas together - JJB - 07-04-2021
Perhaps finding the beans and peas ready to pick might be a bit difficult with them all entwined together but I was thinking along the same lines and put up the pea net and thought I could put beans there too. Not quite the same as your idea though.
RE: Growing beans and peas together - Veggie - 07-04-2021
I know what you mean about finding the pods, JJB, so I'm thinking of colour contrasting beans and peas (mangetout actually).
Like purple beans and yellow mangetout - or the reverse maybe.
RE: Growing beans and peas together - Moth - 07-04-2021
Sounds like a plan. It will look a bit scruffy because the peas will die off long before the beans have finished fruiting, but to me that wouldn't be an issue, and I'm sure it's not to you either, Veggie.
I may give it a go, it seems a great way to save space and i'm all for that in my bijou plot. 
RE: Growing beans and peas together - Can the Man - 07-04-2021
Go for it Veggie
RE: Growing beans and peas together - Mamzie - 08-04-2021
Sounds an interesting idea x