Pole beans are known to climb and therefore need a climbing aid. But you don't have to dig deep into your pocket for this, because you can easily build such a bean trellis yourself. In the following we explain which materials are suitable for this and give a few creative ideas.

Beans can be pulled into a pyramid shape using poles or strings

What beans like to climb on

Beans pull themselves up with the help of loops, which means you don't have to tie the beans up like you do with tomatoes, for example. But you must provide the ground with something to hold on to. House walls are not an option because the beans do not have suction cups like ivy, for example, but instead attach themselves to something round in a loop-like manner.
If you want to save time, you can simply sow your runner beans next to a "natural" trellis. Here are a few ideas:

  • chain-link fence
  • bamboo fence
  • Corn (the beans will snake up the corn without harming the plant)
  • Metal fence with bars
  • Window bars (caution, provides more shade in the room!)

Build your own trellis cheaply and easily

If you don't have any of the above things in your garden, you can easily build the trellis yourself at low cost. For example from:

  • Strip
  • bamboo sticks
  • long branches

Build climbing aids from strips

A particularly beautiful sight is a pyramid-shaped structure made of runner beans. This shape saves space and is very easy to build yourself.
You need:

  • stable string
  • a sturdy stick about two meters long
  • Nails with broad heads
  • several crooked sticks
  • hammer

Then proceed as follows:

  • Before setting up the staff, hammer nails all around the top. The number of nails corresponds to the number of your runner bean plants.
  • Now tie a piece of string to each nail. The string should be about 1.5 times as long as the rod.
  • Drive the stick into the ground as deep as you can, a hammer or spade can help.
  • Now stretch the strings to your plants or seeds and fasten them next to the plants using the sticks.
  • The plants stand in a circle around the stick with a distance of at least 30 cm.

Here you will find video instructions for your pyramid-shaped trellis:

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Vegetable garden