Morning-glories Take-Over

Wild morning glories have tricked me into taking over my bean trellis 

This spring I planted Kentucky brown pole beans along one side of an arched trellis and cucumber and grapes on the other side. Already, I hear you telling me this is too crowded. Well, I know now!! And truth is, I knew then, but it's also how I plant the garden. Part of me hopes the plants will be crowded just enough to prevent too much weed growth. I can't be bothered to weed too often.

Weed, you say?!? Well, well, well, enter the wild morning glory vine.

Mistake #1 - I believed the morning glory seedlings to be voluntary bean seedlings. See, I left beans to dry and fall on this trellis last year. There were just too many to keep up with. So when I thought I had several tens of volunary bean plants - excellent! Less planting for me! A regenerative garden of dreams. Oh no, no, no.

Mistake #2 - The growing vines grew quick and prolific, taking over not only the rellis but falling to the nearby pepper cages and garden fence to climb more. I remembered last summer, my bean plants were never ending, piling on top of each other on the trellis. The leaves of these vines sure look like bean leaves... right?

Mistake #3 - I questioned why I wasn't getting beans. Not even flowers. But I blamed this on the shocking summer heatwaves, which did stunt everything else in my garden so it made sense! In the meantime, I'm pretty sure these morning glories have strangled my cucumber plants. At least I planted cucumbers on other trellises too. 

In the end, these purple flowers have finally shown themselves and I have to admit... these aren't beans. So how long do I relectantly tell myself I'm enjoying the flowers before I absolutely rip these things out of my garden?