Dwarf French Beans Stanley

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I have bought these from Aldi and was going to pot them on.

It seems wrong to have so many plants in a cell, and wonder why they are like this.

Shall I

-pot them on as they are

-pot each individual plant separately

-take the strongest from each cell and discard the rest.

Or annoy other ideas.

Thanks

Sorry didn't manage to attach pic.

There are about for or five plants in each cell.

Better pic

Where are you eventually going to grow them?

i grow about 20 dwarf French beans in a pot around 6 inches diameter, just make sure they get fed once they flower.

I would put those in the ground around 20 to around a 6 inch square block.

If they were climbers, i'd put one cell to each stake.

TERFragetteCity Thank you for your reply. I was planning to put them in the ground in raised beds, but also could also grow them in pots.

I've looked them up and they are a compact plant requiring little or no staking - so I think they are not a climbing bean.

I don't plan to plant them out yet, and want to pot them on. So I think from what you say I could put the contents of each cell (4 or 5 plants) into a larger pot.

I was just concerned about them being too crowded.

I grew dwarf French beans from seed last year, can't remember the name of the variety but they were compact and I grew them in a pot. But they definitely needed one plant per pot and they grew to about 16 inches high and definitely filled a pot. I'd separate them out if it was me 😊

You can plant thing much closer together than the books say as most spacings are for rows in traditional allotment style.

I know they are not a climbing bean, I just meant that you can plant out as they are, even if they are climbers, one cell to each stake.

Often you will do more damage if the roots are already intertwined than if you plant out cell by cell...so if they are going in the ground I would put each cell in a 3 inch diameter pot until planting out time. If the roots separate easily then you can get away with putting them in separately if that's what you want to do.

Thank you - that's very clear. I'll just leave them grouped together and put them in a bigger pot. Thanks very much.