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| My pole beans (Kentucky Wonder) plants are real big, and producing flowers but I notice most of the flowers fall off, and some of the tiny pods break off. I only have very few small pods being produced. Any idea why this is happening? |
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- Posted by michelliot z7 ny (My Page) on Tue, Jun 10, 14 at 12:41
| Have they been falling off for some time without bearing any beans or just recently because that's were the beans will start forming. Minute at first but gradually growing larger. Have you planted beans before? Are these plants behaving differently than those you've grown before. If I remember correctly, the flower falls off before the beans start maturing. Mine are just producing flowers now. Let us know if anything develops. Be well, |
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| Yeah I've planted before. The entire flower along with the tiny bean pod dies off. I probably have hundreds of these that have died off, and only a handful of pods that are forming. |
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| Any signs of pests at all? Thrips can do that. The condition known as Blossom Drop is another possibility tho you usually can't see the bean yet when that is the cause. Then there is what is called fruit abortion that can be caused by excess nitrogen, which is common if you over fertilize beans as they don't tolerate N much, or weather stresses. If you are growing them as always and have had success in the past with your methods then I tend to guess it is unusal weather stress of some sort. Dave |
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