Posted by Colin Jacobs on December 17, 2006, 2:58 pm
Since taking on my new plot at a new site with a new community of allotment
holders I asked the question,
How do you grow your runner beans and sweet peas?
do the rows go east to west with the south and north facing aspect on the
plants or North to south with the east and west facing the bean rows.
A big can of worms was opened
What would you! do?
Colin.
--
East Coast Nature Guides
Lowestoft
Suffolk.
enquires to benacre2001@yahoo.co.uk
Posted by Robert on December 17, 2006, 4:46 pm
: Since taking on my new plot at a new site with a new community of
: allotment holders I asked the question,
: How do you grow your runner beans and sweet peas?
: do the rows go east to west with the south and north facing aspect on
: the plants or North to south with the east and west facing the bean
: rows.
:
: A big can of worms was opened
: What would you! do?
: Colin.
North to South gives more sunshine on the row in theory but I am never sure
whether it makes enough difference to matter
Posted by Mike Lyle on December 17, 2006, 6:14 pm
Robert wrote:
> : Since taking on my new plot at a new site with a new community of
> : allotment holders I asked the question,
> : How do you grow your runner beans and sweet peas?
> : do the rows go east to west with the south and north facing aspect on
> : the plants or North to south with the east and west facing the bean
> : rows.
> :
> : A big can of worms was opened
> : What would you! do?
> : Colin.
> North to South gives more sunshine on the row in theory but I am never sure
> whether it makes enough difference to matter
I think it would make a significant difference if you had a dense row
of peas or runner beans south of lower-growing vegetables, but probably
not too much difference if the taller things were on the northern side.
In a few cases, though, perhaps the difference might be beneficial: I
imagine radishes, for example, would run away a bit slower in the
dappled shade.
There may be issues with pests and diseases as well as simply growth.
--
Mike.
Posted by Alan Holmes on December 17, 2006, 6:08 pm
> Since taking on my new plot at a new site with a new community of
> allotment
> holders I asked the question,
> How do you grow your runner beans and sweet peas?
> do the rows go east to west with the south and north facing aspect on the
> plants or North to south with the east and west facing the bean rows.
> A big can of worms was opened
> What would you! do?
Plant whichever way was best for the site, I doubt that the direction will
make much difference.
Alan
> Colin.
> --
> East Coast Nature Guides
> Lowestoft
> Suffolk.
> enquires to benacre2001@yahoo.co.uk
>
Posted by Bob Hobden on December 17, 2006, 6:36 pm
"Colin Jacobs" wrote ...
> Since taking on my new plot at a new site with a new community of
> allotment
> holders I asked the question,
> How do you grow your runner beans and sweet peas?
> do the rows go east to west with the south and north facing aspect on the
> plants or North to south with the east and west facing the bean rows.
> A big can of worms was opened
> What would you! do?
Ours are planted across our plot roughly N to S so that both sides get sun
as it moves round during the day and any plants nearby are not totally
shaded.
It also happens to be the aspect of our plot which has it's longest axis E
to W. :-)
--
Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK
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> : allotment holders I asked the question,
> : How do you grow your runner beans and sweet peas?
> : do the rows go east to west with the south and north facing aspect on
> : the plants or North to south with the east and west facing the bean
> : rows.
> :
> : A big can of worms was opened
> : What would you! do?
> : Colin.
> North to South gives more sunshine on the row in theory but I am never sure
> whether it makes enough difference to matter