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Originally Posted by Tormato
The "stickless wonder" type bush long beans are self supporting (of each other). Baker Creek's Thai Soldier was a mess for me. If you're familiar with (common bean) half-runners that don't twine, that's what I got with Thai Soldier. Short but uncontrollable 4 foot vines, that grew where they wanted to grow, straight out in every direction. Then, after the weight of the growing pods, the vines collapsed to the ground, leaving the pods to mostly rot while sitting on damp soil.
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I've never tried half runners just because of that sprawling. I need pole beans to be vertical and bush beans behaving in their beds. Vines sprawling between beds would be a mess. Every time I've tried anything that was supposed to be "self-supporting" when other varieties need support, it's resulted in a mess. Some sugar snap peas and some green peas come to mind....
