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What is happening to the Beans?
I washed all of the vegetation, including the veggies, last night. I used the home made solution of dish soap, cooking oil and baking soda. After cleaning the summer air-pollution crud off the leaves, I saw these:
Here are 2 photos of the leaves of the green beans and 1 photo of the leaves of the Lima beans. Sort of looks like leaf minor on the green beans, but haven't a clue regarding the Lima.
Another pole green in a different area has beautiful pink/purple flowers but no beans. I expected little beans to show after the flower died, like sweet peas. ??
Regarding the leaves, do I spray with alcohol? Neem? or do nothing?
Thank you
Here are 2 photos of the leaves of the green beans and 1 photo of the leaves of the Lima beans. Sort of looks like leaf minor on the green beans, but haven't a clue regarding the Lima.
Another pole green in a different area has beautiful pink/purple flowers but no beans. I expected little beans to show after the flower died, like sweet peas. ??
Regarding the leaves, do I spray with alcohol? Neem? or do nothing?
Thank you
Re: What is happening to the Beans?
I do not know, but it may be a fungus? Do you know of anything that could be gaining access at night? Some pests can spread disease from plant to plant.sanderson wrote:
Another pole green in a different area has beautiful pink/purple flowers but no beans. I expected little beans to show after the flower died, like sweet peas. ??
Regarding the leaves, do I spray with alcohol? Neem? or do nothing?
Thank you
Is the lack of producing due to a cross-pollination need? Make sure bees have access or you do the pollination... but I can only imagine you would want the bees to do it.
batmap- Posts : 69
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Re: What is happening to the Beans?
The little pin holes? Who knows, mine get like that too.If it is only on a few leaves probably nothing to worry about. The leafminers, just squish the leaves where you see them, the infestation will not continue indefinitely.
The discoloration... is it on both sides of the leaf? It may just be soap residue. At this point it doesn't look like a disease to me.
The discoloration... is it on both sides of the leaf? It may just be soap residue. At this point it doesn't look like a disease to me.
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There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
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Re: What is happening to the Beans?
sanderson wrote:(snip)
After cleaning the summer air-pollution crud off the leaves, I saw these:
(snip)
Regarding the leaves, do I spray with alcohol? Neem? or do nothing?
Thank you
Was the "air pollution crud" collecting along the veins? Maybe it was just lack of sunlight getting to the leaves from the crud?
mollyhespra- Posts : 1087
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Re: What is happening to the Beans?
In the third picture, with what looks like a film over the leaf, my squash leaves sometimes get that when I've gotten water on them and it has dried out unevenly. Hasn't caused any harm yet that I can tell.
Marc Iverson- Posts : 3637
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Age : 63
Location : SW Oregon
Re: What is happening to the Beans?
Thanks for all the replies.
I haven't seen any insects on the leaves.
Water spots or soap is a possibility on the Lima leaf.
The beans were planted recently so the pollution crud wasn't bad on the bean leaves. They get good sunlight.
Hardly any bees this year, but I thought beans had stamen and pistol in the same flower. Self pollinating?
I shall watch and wait.
I haven't seen any insects on the leaves.
Water spots or soap is a possibility on the Lima leaf.
The beans were planted recently so the pollution crud wasn't bad on the bean leaves. They get good sunlight.
Hardly any bees this year, but I thought beans had stamen and pistol in the same flower. Self pollinating?
I shall watch and wait.
Re: What is happening to the Beans?
I know that beans and peas are perfect flowers but I think they still need a bee to stimulate the fall of pollen to fertilize the pistol. Here is a link describing how to hand pollinate them when the bees aren't around. http://homeguides.sfgate.com/hand-pollinate-scarlet-runner-bean-flowers-78154.html
Turan- Posts : 2618
Join date : 2012-03-29
Location : Gallatin Valley, Montana, Intermountain zone 4
Re: What is happening to the Beans?
Turan, Thank you for the link. I thought the hummingbirds would like the flowers but they don't seem interested. They love the Mexican sage in the fall.
Re: What is happening to the Beans?
That is a pretty morning glory blooming next to your cucumber. Are the beans blooming also?
Here is a pic of a bean flower
Here is a pic of a bean flower
Turan- Posts : 2618
Join date : 2012-03-29
Location : Gallatin Valley, Montana, Intermountain zone 4
Re: What is happening to the Beans?
Turan, What morning glory? Those are the bean flowers! I'm going to run out and double check! I wouldn't intentionally plant a MG in a bed. I heard they are hard to get rid of once planted.
Re: What is happening to the Beans?
Turan, I'm back from checking my "bean."
Red faced, but NOT from the heat!
This is my first year gardening AND SFG-ing and I thought I would plant at least one of everything in my 39 sq ft and 30 pots. Once I saw this "bean" growing, I thought I would plant 3 squares with 3 types of beans. Even purchased materials for a special 8' trellis for these 24 bean plants. After all, the morning glory/bean has been wrapped down and up several times on my 4 1/4' trellis.
I. Am. So. Embarrassed!
PS I did buy lots of extra seedling-pot label sticks for next year so that each pot would have a label. My green chile pods look just like the Cheyenne pods and I know I mixed some of them up.
Red faced, but NOT from the heat!
This is my first year gardening AND SFG-ing and I thought I would plant at least one of everything in my 39 sq ft and 30 pots. Once I saw this "bean" growing, I thought I would plant 3 squares with 3 types of beans. Even purchased materials for a special 8' trellis for these 24 bean plants. After all, the morning glory/bean has been wrapped down and up several times on my 4 1/4' trellis.
I. Am. So. Embarrassed!
PS I did buy lots of extra seedling-pot label sticks for next year so that each pot would have a label. My green chile pods look just like the Cheyenne pods and I know I mixed some of them up.
Re: What is happening to the Beans?
Should I gently pull up the morning glory from the box so I won't have to deal with volunteers???
Re: What is happening to the Beans?
Sanderson, don't feel badly. I have an unknown heirloom tom in my cherry tom box which I didn't realize until the dang tomato got so friggen big I just knew it was wrong... and a there's a cherry tom plant in my heirlooms.
...it happens and I'm sure we've all done it.
*written after I picked myself up off the floor*
CC
...it happens and I'm sure we've all done it.
*written after I picked myself up off the floor*
CC
CapeCoddess- Posts : 6811
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Re: What is happening to the Beans?
I would leave it, it's quite lovely. I wish it was in my garden... I never quite got around to planting my morning glories.......
After the blooms fade, and the pods start turning brown, just snip them off for next year. Note the spade shaped leaf. If you see some next season, where they shouldn't be, then you can pull them.
After the blooms fade, and the pods start turning brown, just snip them off for next year. Note the spade shaped leaf. If you see some next season, where they shouldn't be, then you can pull them.
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t1306-other-gardening-books
Re: What is happening to the Beans?
Oh well, at least it's pretty!
Marc Iverson- Posts : 3637
Join date : 2013-07-05
Age : 63
Location : SW Oregon
Re: What is happening to the Beans?
O well, bean and morning glory leaves can look rather similar, at least I found so this spring, at a certain stage. Did I ever tell you about how last spring I carefully pulled up all my beets thinking it was red pig weed?
Turan- Posts : 2618
Join date : 2012-03-29
Location : Gallatin Valley, Montana, Intermountain zone 4
Re: What is happening to the Beans?
I definitely have something going on with my beans.
There is a beastie in the upper leftish part of the photo below, halfway hiding behind the stem. Leaf hopper?
Good grief, I need help on those finger nails. Chopped 25 gallons of rotting produce, screened cow manure and Starbucks for my new compost pile.
Found this in the neighboring box.
I plan on spraying with Neem tomorrow unless someone has a different suggestion. The temps are finally below 100 for the week. Thanks
There is a beastie in the upper leftish part of the photo below, halfway hiding behind the stem. Leaf hopper?
Good grief, I need help on those finger nails. Chopped 25 gallons of rotting produce, screened cow manure and Starbucks for my new compost pile.
Found this in the neighboring box.
I plan on spraying with Neem tomorrow unless someone has a different suggestion. The temps are finally below 100 for the week. Thanks
Re: What is happening to the Beans?
Could be leaf hoppers or garden fleahopper (another garden fleahopper), but the recent picture at the bottom looks like a bean leaf beetle. This chart suggests it may be slugs.
batmap- Posts : 69
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Age : 55
Location : Texas
Re: What is happening to the Beans?
Could be any number of things.....batmap wrote:Could be leaf hoppers or garden fleahopper (another garden fleahopper), but the recent picture at the bottom looks like a bean leaf beetle. This chart suggests it may be slugs.
Because bean plants are constantly making new leaves, I just remove leaves that look like that, and then everything looks well afterwords.
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t1306-other-gardening-books
Re: What is happening to the Beans?
My bush beans had all kinds of things going on with them, except beans. I pulled them last week and replanted fresh seed in a different location. Today I planted beets in their old spot.
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