Pole Beans.....is this ok

[JesiLynne]

I couldnt find those tall metal tri-pole things for beans, so I used a very tall tomato cage for my pole bean vines. Is that ok :

[IdentityCrisisMama]

It should be ok. I've grown beans on all kinds of thigns. I'm not sure how many plants you can get on a tomato cage though...maybe three-4 at the most. I would put something across the cages so the beans can grow along that when they get too tall.

[JesiLynne]

Eek 3-4 plants

I have about 8 or 9, should I transplant a few, they are in a container

[IdentityCrisisMama]

I don't know. That seems like too many for a tomato cage but get a second opinion for sure. I would hate for you to pull them and have it be OK. I'm going to count mine and let you know what I have...

[IdentityCrisisMama]

I have about 10-12 plants in 6-8 feet in one spot and it's nice and roomy (but not sparce at all!) and then my second planting is 4 plants/2-3 feet grown on a tall/thick bamboo stake. I'm not sure how roomy this will be though because they're still small.

[courtenay_e]

Okay, I took two square tomato cages and stacked them. Tied them with garbage bag ties. Then, every two to four inches (don't remember what the spacing's supposed to be off hand), I wove fishing line up, up, up to the top, for the plants to climb. In all it's about nine feet tall, and my beans love it (actually I have three now). It takes a good hour or so to do, but in the end is so worth it! It's rather intensive, though, so be sure to rotate where you put the towers year to year. Mine all do great. On one I put green beans, on one I put wax beans, and on one I put soup beans.

Sooooo, I guess if you have the round cages, perhaps you should stack another cage upside down on top of the first one, and see how that works for you, unless you want to invest (they're not that much, really) in new cages?

Have fun. I love beans!