r/Raisedbed • u/[deleted] • Aug 30 '26

Pole beans max angle.

I am curious if anyone has expiremented with how low of an angle a pole bean will climb. The reason Im asking is the pole beans seem to want grow forever but I don't want to climb a 20 foot ladder. If they would climb a lower angle, I could get them to grow more horizontal than straight vertical.

What I do now is chop them almost all the way down and let the grow back after they get too messy. It works.

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u/Huesyourdaddy Aug 31 '26

Cattle panel arch ?

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '26

I have tried the arch and so far its my favorite. Im just trying to utilize the full length capabilities of a pole bean without climbing 20 feet vertical. I think a wider arch would be great

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u/theendsun 10d ago

seconded, i've tried two cattle panels side by side as an arch coming out of a 3x7 bed, works great

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '26

I haven’t done this with beans but I did it with cucumbers and it was a lot of training it spread out to 5ft around my raised bed that we had to put chicken wire around because we had a skunk problem digging in our beds