Do you thin your pole beans?

[lakota]

When I planted my pole beans I dropped about 4 seeds per hill now that they are coming up should I thin them back or leave them as is?

[bilmac]

I plant mine in a row about 4'' apart and then use a fenceloke trellis, so our situation is a little different. I don't thin mine. I wouldn't think 4 plants going up one support would be too much.

[keith44]

In good soil, with enough water, and enough support structure, I would let em go.

[longwinters]

I've only done pole beans once, but do bush beans yearly.  I have never seen the need to thin them out.  I used the white nylon trellis netting with the pole beans and it worked great.  They grew up about 5 ft went over the top and came down about 3 ft on the other side.  I pinned the netting to the ground on one end and attached it to a 12 gauge wire running from one clothes line post to another at the top.
 
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[lakota]

Thank you all. The plants dont at all look crowded. One more question will they climb the poles or will I have to tie the plants to the poles as they grow?

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[keith44]

last ones I grew I had to train where I wanted them, but I did not need to tie them

[cjclemens]

Beans are really good at adapting to varying plant populations, so they rarely need thinned unless there's and obvious problem.  As far as climbing goes, they may need a little help finding the trellis, but once they do, they should take care of the rest on their own.