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Please could someone help, does anyone know why my runner bean plants have turned yellow?
I composted the beds with farm manure last autumn, and dug it in a few weeks before planting. I planted the runner beans out about 3/4 weeks ago.
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Please could someone help, does anyone know why my runner bean plants have turned yellow?
I composted the beds with farm manure last autumn, and dug it in a few weeks before planting. I planted the runner beans out about 3/4 weeks ago. -
Looks like a deficiency problem of some kind to me - try spraying them once a day with diluted liquid seaweed feed, if that works then it will definitely be an imbalance of nutrients in the soil.Originally posted by 8875june View Post -
Just to confuse you June have you had some very wet weather in the last couple of weeks? Although it could be a nutrient deficiency it could also be that the ground has just been to wet?
Mine are also showing signs of yellow, and I have been feeding but probably over compensating for the lack of water we have had here in the West. So i'm going to monitor this week. I have a cheap £3 moisture meter from Wilkos which says every time I 'prod' the earth with it...It is wet! So I'm easing off watering for a while and shall 'probe' once a day just to see how much moisture there is in the earth...Comment
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Thank you for getting back to me ... I will try feeding them. We nave not had much rain but did have a bit of a storm while I was away last week.
I have grown runner beans for a few years, even in my small back garden before I had an allotment, and they have done well without any feed or fertiliser, the first time I use proper manure to improve my soil this happens, doesn’t make sense. I have broadbeans in the same bed and they are doing ok.Comment
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