I wanted to see if four batches of climbing beans could be paired with early and late courgette or zucchini plants, in order to get more out of a long bed on the polytunnel. I was hoping to get a continual supply of beans over a long part of the season, and get both an early and late crop of courgettes. Timing was the key issue for this, and required pulling out plants when they were still producing.
0:00 Trying a succession pairing
1:13 A plan for bean and courgette succession
3:07 Timing wasn’t the best
4:37 Trying to fit in Courgettes
5:56 Great crop of beans
7:41 Courgettes great early but poor late harvest
9:35 High yield and continual crop
11:01 Pollination issues
11:52 Didn’t want to stop the beans
13:46 The value of exploration
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