What is wrong with my beans?

[.commander]

Hello!

These are my Cosse Violet beans, all 12 plants are going brown/black from the base up.

They keep growing though, so I'm leaving them in for now. Is it a throw out and start again job?

[Hazel at the Hill]

Hello!

These are my Cosse Violet beans, all 12 plants are going brown/black from the base up.

They keep growing though, so I'm leaving them in for now. Is it a throw out and start again job?

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I would think that they are probably ok - just the purple pigment coming through into the leaves.

[arpoet]

If my memory is right, it happens when they are under stress. Mine often do it and look pale while climbing. Keep em watered and fed... they should soon get better.

[jacob]

They look both hungry and thirsty.

[Greenleaves]

Looks like magnesium and potassium deficiency to me

[BigV]

Poor beans! Give them a dose of Epsom salts and water with something like comfrey tea or compost tea.They will soon perk up,then feed them with a seaweed based fertilizer.you will have happy beans in no time!


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[Two_Sheds]

These are my Cosse Violet beans

They do have dark stems, it's normal for the type