Growing Beans - climbing, also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners

01 Jun 20 Denise van der Marel (Australia - temperate climate): Hi there, thank you for your reply. I know they can grow up to 150cm. but I'm not sure if that categoriseses these beans as dwarf (bush) beans or climbing beans?
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02 Jun 20 Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Beans and peas are fundamentally different in how they climb. Peas send out little side tendrils that cling to trellises like tiny hands, and hold on that way – the central plant grows straight (ish) upwards, relying on it’s curly hands for support. Therefore, pea trellises need to include thin wires/strings etc, so that the pea’s little tendrils have something to hang on to as they grow. Beans, however, twine upwards with the whole plant, so they can handle chunkier trellises made of bamboo, wood etc. This is why they’re sometimes called pole beans – cause all they need is a pole, and up they’ll grow.
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23 Apr 21 Jane (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Thanks for this info., I had great success with twine on bamboo for peas and bamboo poles for beans.
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02 Jun 20 Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I would say they are a bush as they don't have tentacles to attach themselves to a trellis/???.
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