Pole beans call for POLES. If you are running low on money or can't find anything to grow them up then it is much better to plant bush beans. I tried growing some pole beans up my corn stalks one year as an old farmer once told me. But the beans bent the corn over. You would need some cane poles, tobacco sticks, or even some fencing for the pole beans to grow up. That's why I didn't suggest it.
Ah ok. As a pede with a big pole, being short on poles is not in my conscious. I had heart the pole bean / corn trick and was going to try it, good to know, I'll be sure to have a back up.
The only way the pole beans would grow up the corn (maybe) is to plant the corn first and then let it get about a foot tall and then plant the beans. But we don't have time to give that a try right now. All I know is that planted together, the beans will pull the corn down.
ah that makes sense. ya it would seem you would need an early or fast growing corn for this to work. I may try it, I grabbed a couple of corn seeds, 1 is supposed to be fast growing. thanks for the info Mary!
Pole beans call for POLES. If you are running low on money or can't find anything to grow them up then it is much better to plant bush beans. I tried growing some pole beans up my corn stalks one year as an old farmer once told me. But the beans bent the corn over. You would need some cane poles, tobacco sticks, or even some fencing for the pole beans to grow up. That's why I didn't suggest it.
Ah ok. As a pede with a big pole, being short on poles is not in my conscious. I had heart the pole bean / corn trick and was going to try it, good to know, I'll be sure to have a back up.
The only way the pole beans would grow up the corn (maybe) is to plant the corn first and then let it get about a foot tall and then plant the beans. But we don't have time to give that a try right now. All I know is that planted together, the beans will pull the corn down.
ah that makes sense. ya it would seem you would need an early or fast growing corn for this to work. I may try it, I grabbed a couple of corn seeds, 1 is supposed to be fast growing. thanks for the info Mary!
You're welcome. Tell me how it turns out in a few months.