Having them wind around each other isn't an issue.

Rodney

It's normal.

Sometimes mine wind around each other at the bottom of my trellises, and I try to encourage them (with bungee cords) to climb upwards. If I don't, they spend too much of the season just laying on the ground at the bottom of the trellises.
But no, they don't strangle each other. :)

Not laughing, don't worry. This is about a dozen+ pole bean plants all intermingled and twined around each other. On a rare occasion, the plant will wind itself around a bean and that bean is a gonner (not worth the trouble of trying to get it out). But the rest is all fine. Soon you will have yummy beans and become a pole bean groupie like me.

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Thanks all. Picture this, "Huge sigh of relief".

Good luck Nick! This is a great place to ask lots of gardening questions! It's really great to have around! Good luck with your pole beans!

See the link below for some interesting stuff about this on the Bean Forum.

Jim

Here is a link that might be useful: How Do Pole Beans Climb?

Nick, after you have a meal with your fresh beans you will knock yourself on the forehead that you didn't plant more!!!!!LOL
They will grow really high, but I usually make my trellis no more than 5-6 ft high so I can reach them without a stepstool! They will droop down and climb again!
This year, rather than a teepee type structure, we made the structure with the X on the bottom, and the taller parts on top so the beans hang down where I can reach them from the outside. Works great! Nancy

No worries. They just love each other. : )

I miss my pole beans. It's been at least 4 years since we had our bigger garden & I grew them on trellis's up the garage. Now just have 5 containers for green peppers, cherry tomato & 2 cukes.