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Display Name: chrislandis93
Member Since: 5/4/12

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@pi
i dont actually trim them, just let them go crazy. each year they get further up, i assume due to an expanding root system. i just run more lines and when they run out of room i connect them to other parts of the house. last year they went up two stories, twenty feet horizontally and onto my telephone wire. probably not the safest, but i get compliments all the time. they are so thick now. one concern is that it is difficult to contain the spread of seeds. because they grow so high, i now have smaller plans in dozens of locations around my yard--which i like but some people may not


Vertical Gardening Taken To New Heights: Brownstone Container Beans
5/4/12 2:19 PM

I started doing this at my house years ago, but with morning glories! they came out beautifully and were super thick. never tried with beans, but i think that it would be fine! also i doubt that the twine will fail, i had 20+ pounds of vines on each strand and it was fine. i did, however, cut mine down each fall and started new in the spring


Vertical Gardening Taken To New Heights: Brownstone Container Beans
5/4/12 11:10 AM