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Old April 14, 2015   #20
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Location: California Central Valley
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Originally Posted by greenthumbomaha View Post
This is my first bean experience too. I have a whopping grab bag from Tormato and I bought a packet of bush soybeans to try. My grow area will be a 4X8 raised bed with new topsoil and sand. How would I arrange rows or rephrasing - how do I make use of the center? Should the rows be the shorter or longer dimension. The bed is 18 inches high.Add a 6 foot pole bean, that will be a stretch.-Lisa
At the community garden, someone grew pole beans at the edge of her plot, with a 6-8 ft. bamboo pole for each one to climb. The poles were angled toward the path, so they took up almost no space in the garden. I haven't done that because I don't like poles sticking into the path.
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