Runner beans turning yellow

[vegelady]

They have two main leaves and lots of smaller leaves coming from the junction and are now potted up in much bigger flower pots and I didnt realise that you didnt need to successional sow runner beans! I bought some blood fish and bone and (tomato feed for my strawberries and tomatoes) but no chicken pellets - I got really lost amongst which fertilizer to buy - can I use this instead of the seaweed or chicken pellets - if not its off to the garden centre today. My raised beds are clay top soil (which I have gone through by hand, wheel barrow by wheel barrow to break up into 1" pieces or less!) and leaf mould (from the garden) and I bought in 1 bag of horse manure per 4ft x 4ft bed - and i was going to add blood fish and bone when i put my seeds/plants in. Is this enough fertilizer or would i be better with chicken pellets. thanks for all your responses.

[zazen999]

Organic Plant Fertilizer

I googled 'Blood Fish Bone NPK' for you..as I don't use it myself and got the above...it says it is a general all round fertiliser, so yes, it can be used. You will have to go by the packet to see the application advice.

[SarzWix]

No, you shouldn't need to put any other fertilizer in your raised beds. Clay soil is quite good for nutrients really, it just needs some help to break it up and your leaf mould and manure will do the job
Potting your runner beans into a bigger pot with fresh compost will keep them going for a little while, see if they perk up a bit now. It won't be long til you can plant them out, your last frost is only a couple of weeks away I think? If they start looking iffy again, try the BFB sprinkled on the pot, although a liquid feed would work quicker.

[vegelady]

Okay thanks, I went for BFB as Geoffry Hamilton used to use it and I have been given some of his books! My father used to garden a lot but always used growmore and I wanted to be organic. I think I will go and investigate the liquid feeds.
thanks for your help
Alison

[GardeningMike]

Blood, Fish & Bonemeal

Good advice above for BFB as it is a balanced natural (organic) N:P:K: fertilizer for all plants. However don't overdo it otherwise you'll have a luxurient growth of the soil fungus, Pezziza vesiculosa (looks like a curly pasta!), thriving on the enriched soil (growing on the soil surface) as happened to me one year when I grew the runner beans in pots, though this fungus appears harmless to plants.

[ckfe]

how are your beans now vegelady, did they come back to life? think i've killed mine, the leaves are all crispy and brown, two_sheds says it's probably scorching
i also noticed last night that some of the stems are all wobbly between the split bit in the bean.. what does anyone think i should do with them? should i chuck them and start again? and if so should i just leave them indoors and how long for?

[miffy]

My beans had yellow spots starting when they were about four inches high so i gave them some seawood food and that perked them up no end! Mine have been out on the plot for a few days now and are happily romping away.

[snakeshack]

put my runners out on the lottie yesterday,onlyplanted them 3 days ago in toilet rolls.roots were out the bottom of the tubes!

[jase]

I read somewhere that runner bean leaves can be yellow because the young roots are unable to draw nitrogen from the soil until they mature more.

Also not sure if it is true but adding nitrogen later in the season or to much can result in lush green growth and few flowers.