As I was taking photos of my garden earlier today I've noticed a bit of dry
wilting on two of the string bean plants. Thus far it does not appear to
impact the actual bean pods but I'm concerned and wonder if it's something
that I need to treat so that it doesn't spread to other plants? I've
circled the problem areas.

Advice will be greatly appreciated.

-Mariana
Monmouth County, NJ

"Jane Doe" wrote in message
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As I was taking photos of my garden earlier today I've noticed a bit of
dry wilting on two of the string bean plants. Thus far it does not appear
to impact the actual bean pods but I'm concerned and wonder if it's
something that I need to treat so that it doesn't spread to other plants?
I've circled the problem areas.

Advice will be greatly appreciated.


Is the whole plant affected, or only some of the higher-up branches? If the
whole plant is affected you may have an infestation of carrot fly or cabbage
root fly, they're tiny white worms that bore into the stem at ground level
and prevent the uptake of water.

s.

Only the top. I've snipped the impacted area last night. I'll check on it
later on today.

-M


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"Jane Doe" wrote in message
news:LqCdi.4448$%t6.3521@trnddc02...
As I was taking photos of my garden earlier today I've noticed a bit of
dry wilting on two of the string bean plants. Thus far it does not
appear to impact the actual bean pods but I'm concerned and wonder if
it's something that I need to treat so that it doesn't spread to other
plants? I've circled the problem areas.

Advice will be greatly appreciated.


Is the whole plant affected, or only some of the higher-up branches? If
the whole plant is affected you may have an infestation of carrot fly or
cabbage root fly, they're tiny white worms that bore into the stem at
ground level and prevent the uptake of water.

s.