posted 6 years ago
Pole beans are twiners, meaning that the stem, in this case, twines around the support, so the vertical support is the most important, horizontal supports are more for us, the trellis builders. One could just have single strands that each bean plant climbs. Many varieties of pole beans can grow much higher than 5 feet, I've had some that grown to 9-10 feet, they like going up.
I wouldn't recommend chicken wire for pole beans, it doesn't allow much for twining, and beans can grow into and/or around the wires making them difficult, if not impossible to harvest.
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