The Potty gardener Growing Beans in Pots
Since discovering the secret to growing beans in pots I have been impatient to put it to the test. Veg growers might not normally consider growing runner beans in pots, but these are not normal pots. And, as you may have noticed, I am not a normal veg grower. I am some way off reaching the giant at the top. But the beans are certainly racing up. Actually, I can’t help but mutter fee-fi-fo-fum whilst tending to these lean, mean, fast-growing beans.
Growing Beans
I chose an early variety of Runner bean; Scarlet Emperor which claims on the pack to be ''very popular'' and give ''excellent garden performance''. ...hmmm, I hope that this garden celebrity won't upstage me!I Eager to get an early crop, the beans were sown in Rootrainers 2.5cm, and placed on a warm windowsill to germinate. Once both leaves had unfurled,
Moving them on...
I moved them into the Sunbubble. Here in the cosy, moist environment they took only a few weeks to reach potting-on stage.
And this is where the secret of potted bean success comes... in the form of these felty green pots. Vigoroot Pots are porous, allowing the roots to be 'air pruned' as they reach the edges of the pot, and causing a much stronger root system to develop. The plants don't become pot bound and have such super roots they grow well with less space. This may be the latest conspiracy theory, but I have a sneaking suspicion that when Jack swapped his cow for magic beans and went on to grow a huge beanstalk that his beans weren't magic at all...I think that actually he had discovered growing in Vigoroot! Moving on...and up...Once the bean plugs had grown out of their Rootrainers I potted them up in 10Litre Vigoroot pots. I gave them a stick each to guide their ascent up the strings that I had tied in at the top of the Sunbubble. They are growing fast and furiously, needing plenty of watering. I am looking forward to the early beans and hopefully a goose who lays golden eggs at the top!
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