Green beans shrivelling
 

This one's got me puzzled.

My dwarf beans started cropping heavily, as they do. Now the new
beans seem to be shrivelling and yellowing and look like they're
never gonna come to anything. The plants still look very healthy.

Any ideas?

Andrew
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Andrew Gabb
email: Adelaide, South Australia
phone: +61 8 8342-1021, fax: +61 8 8269-3280
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My dwarf beans started cropping heavily, as they do. Now the new
beans seem to be shrivelling and yellowing and look like they're
never gonna come to anything. The plants still look very healthy.

I'd be pulling off any shrivelled undersized ones. Usually you just get one
from time to time, but if you have lots it might be a pest infestation.
Anyway, pulling off the duds encourages them to flower more.

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Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
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"Life is like a cigarette -- smoke it to the butt." -- Harvie Krumpet

The yellowing/shrivelling can happen due to lack of water. Check that the
soil is actually wet by digging down 5-10cm. If it's dry, water them with a
soil wetting agent....


"Andrew Gabb" wrote in message
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This one's got me puzzled.

My dwarf beans started cropping heavily, as they do. Now the new beans
seem to be shrivelling and yellowing and look like they're never gonna
come to anything. The plants still look very healthy.

Any ideas?

Andrew
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Andrew Gabb
email: Adelaide, South Australia
phone: +61 8 8342-1021, fax: +61 8 8269-3280
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