they will naturaly try to go up (towards the light) but i dont see any reason you couldnt make them go down. i think it sounds like a great idea. if you decide to try it, let us all know how it goes.
and good luck

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Hi there..

yes please, let me know how it turns out
i think it sounds very original indeed

Penny

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Hey Wizzard,

I do have a camera and intend to take "progression" pics to share. Unbeknownst to me, before I agreed to this project my wife had already commandeered the last hanging basket that I had for another plant. So, I had to come up with something else. I have an old tea kettle that is no longer good for anything, but had never been able to bring myself to throw it out. I decided to plant the beans in it and make a hanging planter out of it. It's not very pretty right now, but I think it will be cute once the beans are growing in it. Then, I will truly have a "bean pot"!!!! Sorry, I just couldn't resist that!

I don't know how the growth will take to the hanging downward as opposed to running up. I too have wondered about that. Based on my experience with pole beans in the garden, I really don't see it as a major problem. I figure that the main part of the plant will bush somewhat like the ones in the garden. And when it sends out runners that are tall enough, their own weight should gently pull them over and make them "hang."

My biggest concern is whether or not the runners will be strong enough to support the growing bean pods. I will be keeping a close eye on that and if I begin to see that it might be a problem, I intend to support them by dropping strings from the pot and winding the runners around the string. The more I sit here and think about it, the more I lean toward the idea of doing that anyway. I might use string to support all but a few and just see which way works best. I'm always open to 'speriments!!

Thanks for the input. Like my grandmother used to say... "Two heads are better than one...... even if mine IS a gourd head!!!"

Robert

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I sure hate to hear that Wizzard! I hope you have better luck with them outside.

Oh..... and, thanks for keeping your fingers crossed for me!!

Robert

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Hey Sandy,

I made a post about the early demise that my pole beans met. But, I goofed and made that post under "Pole Beans in a pot" in the "Fruits and Vegetables Gardening" section. Sorry about that, the post should have gone here.

Since I posted it in the wrong place, I decided to do a copy and past of it here:

On Feb. 28, 2006 beebiz said:

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Well, I started 3 pole beans in a pot, they came up, got about 2 feet tall, and looked beautiful. Then I got sick and couldn't take care of them. They have now gone to that great pole bean pot in the sky!!

I'm going to be very busy with all of the tomatoes and peppers that I have planted (only somewhere around 300 seeds total) as well as having to work with my honey bees and having to build a couple of new bee hives. Not to mention the fact that I have 4 rows of Early Alaskan English peas planted! I think the "pole beans in a pot" experiment will have to wait until this fall or maybe even winter!!

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As I said, I'll try the experiment again in the Fall or Winter. Good luck with yours though!!

By the way, you say that you don't have a trelis for your beans yet. Do you have any wild cane growing near you? You know, the kind that they make fishing poles from? If you do, you can cut a cane pole for each of your plants, stick them in the pot, lean the tops into each other, and tie them together kind of like a tee-pee. That way each plant has it's own pole to run up.

Again, good luck with your beans!!

Robert

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