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LoreD · February 11, 2007

I believe from the articles that I read that the plants have to be grown in a very specific way.

I tried planting all of them together in my corn rows. The beans grew up wrapped themselves around the cornstalks and pulled the top half of the corn down so that the tassel was on the ground.

The next year I tried it with bush beans and the squash just grew over the top of the beans and I didn't get any beans.

Also, I'm not sure if the modern sweet corn is suited to this. I think that they usually grew corn for grinding and that grew about 12 ft. tall.

LoreD

February 11, 2007	#15
LoreD Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Chicago Suburbs Posts: 306	I believe from the articles that I read that the plants have to be grown in a very specific way. I tried planting all of them together in my corn rows. The beans grew up wrapped themselves around the cornstalks and pulled the top half of the corn down so that the tassel was on the ground. The next year I tried it with bush beans and the squash just grew over the top of the beans and I didn't get any beans. Also, I'm not sure if the modern sweet corn is suited to this. I think that they usually grew corn for grinding and that grew about 12 ft. tall. LoreD __________________ Its not what you get to keep in life, its what you get to give away.