A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Food Garden Forum Beans stunted and turning light green to yellow - Help

I live in Northern PA. We have had a LOT of rain this season and cool temperatures. My green and yellow beans have barely grown over the last month. They are turing a light green to yellow color. 5 days ago I applied a slow realise fertilizer something like 15-10-10 but they haven't changed much. Is there anything more I can do to help these plants or do you think I might still have time to plant new seeds? Thanks!

I have the same problem with my green and gold blend beans. I got two good pickings and now they are dying. I called around to some gardening centers and they said the usual; could be cut worms, aphids, chemistry, dry soil, etc. I tried fertilizer and it helped a little, but I am sure it isn't the soil. Everything else in my garden is growing like gangbusters. I have been watering every day for the last 10 days and I have a few new blooms but most of my plants died. I just replanted and I think there is plenty of time for more beans, especially this year. I heard it is expected to stay warm until october. I wish I had a better answer, but I am just as confused as you are. I live near Cleveland so pretty much the same climate.

beans must form bacterial nodes on the roots which capture the nitrogen "inhaled" by the plant...this is a major source for the nitrogen that feeds the plant. Other plants rarely form this symbiotic rleationship, at least not to the same extent. I would try watering with a fish emulsion liquid fertilizer, and any true farm/agricultural supply will sell an "innoculant" which is live bacterial material that will attach to the roots and greatly enhance the ability of beans (and peas) to take up nitrogen. The yellow color leads me to believe nitrogen is the central problem, whereas with many vegetables, nitrogen could be the exact opposite of what a small, stunted fruit would require. Be careful to avoid heavy doses of synthetic fertilizers with peas or beans as it can destroy the delicate, live bacteria in your soil.

Western Penna here

I picked my first round of beans today.. They are one of the few veggies doing great for us.
The seeds spent 2 winters in my garage, I had forgotten and hubby found them.
SO I planted all . Beautiful..

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