I love beans in most forms (like green beans that include the pod or black beans that only include the bean), but how do you know which is which when buying seeds? I was pretty confused this season as I was mainly looking for the kind where you'd eat the whole pod. And then what's the difference between bush beans or a pole bean, other than of course one vines & one doesn't.. Thanks!
So a lot of beans can be eaten as either green bean or as dry beans but usually ones meant tk eaten one way or another are better. A green bean will say usually green bean or eat fresh where are dry beans will usually say dry bean or shelling bean. That’s sort of the primary way, scarlet runner can be eaten green, shelled and not dry or fully dry!
Agreed! I’ve had a hard time here in my garden too. I think it started with a cool spring here and then I never really recovered. So far behind this year!
im 73 years old and have grown green beans for more than 50 years. From experience i can say that prolonged periods of high heat, 85+ degrees will cause green beans to drop their blossoms. Has it been unusually hot in San Diego this year?
I love how "Real" your garden is! Srsly "These are the only cages I've got, so..." I'm always jealous of your harvests (sorry - did I say jealous? I meant "Inspired!") - but I'm so happy that your garden looks just like the rest of us! Love your channel!
Absolutely! I’m always wandering around the garden trying to find something I can use for whatever I’m working on. I’d rather use what I have on hand than always be buying things.
It is a matter of timing : when you have had super hot temperatures, the flowers didn’t have a chance to form properly: they got burnt . They like the warm soil to get started but this year has been really hot , and the bees haven’t had the chance to pollinate due to the lack of flowers.
The bean struggle is real! I planted green beans and black eyed peas in the same bed this spring. The black eyed peas took over and the green beans were never heard from again (moment of silence)... at least new years lunch is covered. Thanks for running the experiment Jaques, i know youll help me get those elusive green beans next harvest Ü
I found it very helpful to hear you talk through the possibilities of what went wrong with the beans and how to remedy the each one. You are a great teacher! ❤
Bush beans like it hot but not that hot. I'm in Brisbane Australia 🇦🇺 I can grow them all year round but avoid Jan Feb as this is the hottest it gets. Also I drench the ground first, poke my seeds in and do not water again until they pop up, again a good drenching of water and then again once they start flowering, this produces a ton of beans. I've also found transplanting beans never give as good as a crop as when I direct sow. I use the birdies raised beds hugelkuter method 🙂
Your bush beans look like my struggle pole beans. It was a light and heat issue; Bay Area weather was just weird for a few months. They just stalled and have yet to flower. Bush beans planted two months later (more heat, plus finally added an olla) are doing much better.
I love that you did this video Jacques. This year my beans have completely failed since we had extreme temps. I am happy to know that I’m noy the problem.
South of Europe here. Same. I still have the plants, in two places, but no beans. Flowers and then ... nothing. It's been far to hot for too long here this year.
Holy crap i thought i was the only one! My bush beans have not grown at all and didn’t pump the true leaves out for at least a month! Something also came along and ate the tops once they finally started going. My pole beans on the other hand are chugging along just fine! First year gardening and ive grown and harvested tomatoes and peppers but damn beans are just not working in my garden.
Hey , 1st. Its been a challenging growing year almost everywhere- I've had trouble getting zucchini, of all things! Late frost, early heat wave, flooding, pests, blights...you name it. I have had success with Tip Top green beans from Roughwood Seeds- fast growing, hardy and productive. Appreciate your evaluations and explanations, and your garden is looking great.
I thought I was the only one! I grew a huge yellow squash plant and got a whole 2 fruits off of it and then cucumber beetles came and murdered the whole thing
Love your channel Jacques. As much as I love gardening it is a lot of work. So when the "fruits of your labor" never show up it is disheartening. My battle this year was with my tomatoes and prized 10 yr old avocado tree. I thought I had a bumper year for both, but this heat has really done a number on my tomato plants. Those tomatoes are done. I've planted a few more, but lets see how they handle the heat for the rest of summer. My tree was covered in baby avocados so I was thrilled. I was monitoring the water and watching them grow. Then end of July heat came and they started to fall off. Still have a good amount on the tree but I still have to get through August and September heat (I live near Los Angeles). I love gardening, I call it my therapy so I will plug on. I really enjoy seeing you share how you work at it like the rest of us. Thank you!
OMG. I had the exact same problem with my beans this summer. I had both bush and pole beans. I would get, like 2 beans every few days 🤬 Guess it wasn’t our year for beans!
As always...thank you for sharing your knowledge. As another poster mentioned, it's very motivating and encouraging when we find out we're not the only ones struggling.
Another GREAT video. Thank You. Re. BioTone: My Math tells me that 32 sq ft is ~1/3 of 100 sq ft... 1/3 of 12 cups is 4C - Not 1-1/3C as you applied. (BTW, I'm a retired Math Teacher - Lol !)
I am in the mountains of SW Virginia and I am getting a bumper crop of bush beans this year. I only plant bush beans and I have a small garden but I have been able to can 21 quarts of green beans so far, we have eaten multiple meals and I have given some away. I have grown about 5 different varieties, some of the seeds I have had for several years!
The mountains had a lot more reasonable weather. I’m in the E TN Valley and we were getting temps like 97F feels like 107F. My peppers totally stalled. It’s finally cooled down - 85F feels like 95F - and they’re finally growing. Thankfully, the tomatoes and herbs did well.
SWVA born and raised! Living in SC now though and am finally getting my out of control pole beans to produce now that I'm about to rip them out. I miss VA mountain summers, that's for sure!
I'm in south Orange county, Ca and I've experienced the exact same thing this year. Normally my beans grow like weeds and are super productive. This year they did nothing. So weird.
I'm in northern New Mexico and I had great bush bean production last year. This year, only a small handful. I planted some from the previous year's packet and saved seed from the harvest to plant this year. Both were as you describe.
Only beans that produced well for me this season were Chinese noodle beans. I’ll be growing more of those next year! Good luck with the experiment and can’t wait to see the results!
Growing beans here in Northern Oregon and I've got flowers and a grand total of three beans growing. Growing all kinds, too - Scarlet Runners, Akasanjaku, Blue Lake Bush, Kentucky Wonder Pole...nothing. We have tons of pollinators in the garden too, going crazy with the zinnias and borage, and already have a bumper crop of cukes and squash that got pollinated just fine. Weird! Thanks for sharing your experience, and good tip on leaving the root nodules in ground so at least there's some benefit to growing bean-less bushes.
The spider mites and the dry drought weather in tone 10s just wrecks my beans. I planted rattlesnake pole beans and they've been producing pretty decently. Mites still get at it, but not as bad as my bush beans
Western Oregon, same. Scarlet Runners are producing flowers but no beans. I have harvested a few Royal Burgundy. My kidney beans are covered though so who knows? Our sunshine didn’t start until mid- June so I thought that might have something to do it. Interesting to know that it’s happening to others.
I am having the same issue this year! I'm also in So Cal, and I have 4 types of pole beans growing that I started in MAY... and it is now AUGUST... and still no beans. Lots of flowers... but no beans. The flowers just eventually dry up and fall off.
Thank you Jacques, I didn't realize you are supposed to leave the bean roots in, I previously pulled the entire plant. Hope the experiment gives you great yields! Love that you work with what you have and don't go buy massive, expensive new things for every project.
South Florida here, and the beans that I have been growing have been such a disappointment. There are several factors for this, for me. It has been so HOT!!!! I usually say I live on the hinges of Hades, but this year has been worse, by about 5degrees. Second, we discovered root know nematodes, and are dealing with that. Can't wait to see how this works out for you!
Good luck! I’ve had a garbage bean year. Between the vermin, the heat and lack of rain it’s been rough! Should have gotten that drip in this year, but, alas….next year!!
Provider bush beans have always done the best for me...so far anyhow. I don't have very many varieties under my belt. But I had a real issue with my Marvel Of Venice yellow pole beans...only a few plants out of 20+ seeds actually germinated and are growing beans. I did get a purple variety from someone local(unsure name-im in Ontario Canada) and they are BEASTS!!! Theyre going nuts! But yes Provider..which is from Johnny's ..I'm on my third crop this year and I'm in zone 4B..short season
I thought the heat was my problem with my beans but it’s nice to see others were struggling as well. I hope your next crop is plentiful and more than makes up for the setback!
Hey Jacque, Talk about bean woes! In years past, I have had great bean harvests. This year, not so much. I saved Kentucky Wonder pole beans from last years bumper crop and got absolutely nothing. They all came up, even flowered, but produced NO beans. I did have a problem with Japanese Beetles, but used traps to catch a multitude of those buggers! Nevertheless, no beans. My other nemesis was bunny rabbits. My Jade and Contender bush beans gave me a couple of great harvest, but once the bunnies found them, every bean sprout was eaten off.😡 My fall starts of lettuce and broccoli are now covered with an insect/pest barrier. Hope this helps. I love your videos. From Missouri , Zone 6B Dina Casey
I had high success with bush beans just soaking the beans overnight and direct sowing them. I probably watered them a total of three times all season and they loved it.
When I planted my bush beans I put them in cloth bags and only give then 5-1-1 every once and a while and they been producing none stop all spring and summer long they love plenty of water everyday. Good luck with your Bush beans New subscriber
Thanks for this video! 1st time growing beans. Was wondering what I could be doing wrong and seeing your video and reading different comments helps. I started some new seeds a few weeks ago and those are looking promising but it's also cooled down.
Today I learned you and I deal with garden adversity the same and for some reason beans have been an issue for me these past couple season. I'm about to sow some contender bush beans so fingers crossed.
I planted golden butterwax bush beans for the first time earlier in June (also it's my first time gardening in general) and this video popping up reminded me to go check on them. I got a pretty decent harvest of fully grown beans, and I left on the smaller ones. In some other epic gardening videos, Kevin mentioned that harvesting them helps them to produce more. I don't have anything to compare it to but I did think that today's harvest was smaller than what I was expecting for this time of year. I'm sorry that this hasn't been the year of beans for you, but thank you for posting this video! It reminded me to get into the garden, and now I've got dinner.
This is a really useful experiment thanks for sharing. Literally with the strange weather everywhere like for instance in Northwest Oregon we had a really cool beginning to our summer it was like a high of 67 for a while and then it jumped up to over a 100 and up in the upper nineties for days at a time. I'm gardening on a deck a covered one mind you; And my beans are just now growing up so not even flowers yet.
Loved it Jaque. So much more for us to learn when gardeners like you come across an issue. Love all your videos. Keep posting all of it. It’s all good 😊
Green beans have a mind of their own!! Some years are great, the next, without any reason at all, are terrible!!!! I’ve started using 1/4” drip with emitters every 6” and winding them along each row, securing them with garden staples. I also link the line back into the main supply line. I’ve found I have better coverage and it takes less time to water. Just an idea. Happy Gardening and thanks for your videos. I love watching you and Kevin in the garden!!!
Western Maryland, zone 6b. Late, cold spring, then birds went for my seedlings so that I had to replant and net the next round. The second round grew wonderfully, but heat knocked the blossoms off, and then were additionally challenged by Japanese beetles. Both bush and runner beans have struggled, except for my cowpeas. Local farmers tell me their beans are having a bad year, and we are all hoping for better luck with our latest round of planting.
Thanks for sharing this! Actually, my seven little bush beans did well in my tiny veggie patch in Ventura, CA. I loved learned about keeping the roots in the soil and only removing the above-ground plant. I will follow your tip!
I plant my beans in a raised bed. The first growing I think I killed them cause I didn’t feed them. The second planting was awesome! Love your channel!
I feel the same way with my bushes. I planted them next to my trellis cucumbers for that nitrogen fixation, so it wasn't too much of a waste. But I'm over it too. I'm just going to replace them with some snowpeas for the fall
Did a succession planting late July. Some insect is eating the germinated seeds. I can't win. I put down food grade diamectous earth, I think to late. Sigh. I am in Michigan and time is growing short. Going to try one more time, use a different pot, hopefully will have some success. 3x is a charm right?
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I had a really good bean crop going then they just all dropped their leaves. I don't know if it was the sudden spike in temperatures, we have been in triple digits since April, or what it might be. I'll be watching your bean patch and see how you do so good luck.
I’m in Central Coastal California, my beans didn’t germinate until the beginning of August after successive plantings, but now they are looking like they should in April. Weird year for green beans, by this time last year I was sharing my surplus harvests with friends and neighbors. My tomatoes have just now starting to ripen. Again tomatoes are really late this year. I haven’t done anything different this year, so maybe weather is to blame? Zucchinis and peppers are doing great!
I've had a terrible bean season, too. 5 weeks of 100+ degree weather after a rainy, cold Spring didn't help. I planted 6 different varieties of beans, and the only one to produce was the Red Noodle beans. I yanked all beans, and even thought I have time for one more crop, but I'm cutting my losses and preparing for fall brassicas.
Man. I felt that frustration for you. I'm still learning what my plants like. Last year's explosion of Indigo Cherry tomatoes' (assumed to be heirloom) saved seeds never sprouted in the amended, watered, protected garden. Except in the rocks next to my flagstone, with no water, surrounded by weeds and only morning sun. I know it's the indigo cherry from the blue stem. Though I saw two little flowers today, I think it's too late for fruit to form. I'll pot it up and hope it makes it to the garden next year. It's offensive, how beautiful the plant is, considering where it planted itself. lol
I’m having the same issues with my beans they were horrible this year. Got blooms and tiny beans that never grew to full size. Figured it was the heat here in Austin. It’s been 100 or more for the last couple of months.
Last year I had lots. This year, too hot too dry, I guess. I also had massive bean/beet aphid issues? I THINK I blame the farmer on our road that planted a MAHOOSIVE field of sugarbeets which probably attracted them.
We’re gonna need some fabric to create a little shadow for our plants next summer. Same experience as you in Valencia (Spain), with a very similar clima…
Jacques, like some of the other commenters mentioned, it may be a heat issue. Some bean varieties just stall out when it gets too hot. Maybe shade netting can help? Regardless, your garden looks very productive overall. A second round of squash is always nice.
Might have had to good of soil nutrients. I've only had issues with beans a few times . Put in a heavy feeder afterwards and they did great. Also put in beans after a heavy feeder, like you did after corn, and the beans did very well. I treat beans like herbs now and they do well. I don't measure when I fertilize, have a feeling I over do it. But for beans I use no amendments at beginning, nor the inoculation. But after they start growing only compost tea or worm tea and they thrive. Beans always do better for me direct sowing vs transplant and I've never used the inoculation powder.
I've had bad luck putting mulch over bean seeds...the roly-polys like the moisture under the mulch and completely trash the seedlings as they emerge. My pole beans are producing faster than I can eat/freeze/dehydrate them but I have no success with bush beans. Let us know how this works out!
Most likely a problem with pollinators, know people who have a had a similar problem where there beans plants produce lots of flowers but they never formed any pods
My beans did the same in the front garden. Here it was warmer than usual, so I'm going with that explanation, since they looked very healthy. The ones I planted closer to the river - which is always cooler - produced very well.
I have had problems with growing bush beans this year also. I like how you are trying another section of land . I did the same thing a few weeks ago, so we shall see. Thanks for the tips.
I had the worst luck with beans this year. I’m on my third try so far. Some fruited, but they are so puny and not growing fast at all. I started some AAS winner variety in a greenstalk, so fingers crossed. My neighbor had her crops fail, too. I noticed quite a few gardeners having a hard time with beans this year.
We had the same problem two years ago. I planted my peppers right next to the beans and not one single bean formed. I found out that something happening underground prohibits beans from growing when planted next to peppers. The year before we planted beans next to squash and had 3x massive harvests.
I have Kentucky long beans that haven’t even flowered! Well I’ve seen a few small ones starting to grow, but none fully bloomed. I’m in San Bernardino area and it’s been incredibly hot, but my squash, peppers, and tomatoes have done pretty well despite the heat
My green beans sucked this year too, so I'm growing some different varieties just like you. I am however, growing in grow bags. I don't have any soil to plant in. I have gravely-silt.
My beans were up and down, I have a fall bean planting started in the epic 4 cells also a lot from Gurnees. I may also take a look at some of the other beans you started and contemplate the winter seeding in preparation for spring. Thanks for the tips and the way you approach gardening! Very down to earth and approachable!
Oh dear if you hit home here . My spring beans either pole or bush did so poorly that i found my self planting noodles beans and now i got beans , anyways got to hot in southeast around may and the flowers would fall off . Could that being the issue? I have heard that the fava been can do wonders to poor soil , i got to admit i love the flavor of the fava been so i am will to try this winter , eat some , and sacrifice the rest to help my soil with awesome nutrition. Contender , is a bush bean and i planted for the fall harvest. It's doing alright. Keeping my fingers crossed. Ai ai 🙄
Rollie Pollies Actually eat bean leaves if they're close to the ground, to get rid of them use an old damp rolled up newspaper on the garden bed, they'll collect under and in it, dispose of roll often as necessary. 👍
Wonderful to see a dedicated bed through all of the steps needed for success. Wonder if you would consider showing how to use a soil test from a local extension office or farm store? These are sooooo helpful in planning or troubleshooting new garden beds. Cost is usually around $20.
I’m in SoCal, inland empire, and I lost all my summer squash, two spaghetti winter squash and two watermelon plants to rollie-pollies this year. They chewed through all of the stems of these plants. I tries beer and/or fruit rind traps and got at least 1000 of them. I resorted to DE around the stems of my remaining plants. I have no idea where the rollie-pollies came from, I’ve never had this particular pest problem before.
San Diego chiming in. 5 varieties of bush and pole beans all yielded zero harvest for me. My plants are still in ground. Can’t bear ripping them out and accepting failure quite yet.
Hi Jacques! Love your channel. I've had bush bean trouble in Front Range Colorado as well this year, and found that the pest pressure from roly polies was huge this year. Even when I started the beans in trays, after transplanting they would eat around the base of the stem and even foot tall plants would fall over and die. I've never seen it before but I caught them red handed (so to speak) many times. I'd be interested to see if you see any pest damage around the stems of your new transplants. I resorted to beer traps refreshed several times over a couple of weeks and was able to reduce the pressure at least enough to keep my pole beans alive, but have only been able to grow bush beans in containers this year.
Hello! Love your channel! I planted bush beans and they germinated fast ,we're growing fast then bam slowed down drastically. Then they started getting these tiny brown spots all over the foliage. The new growth is fine the. A few days and it's covered as well. It looks like they have bloomed but im afraid it will spread if I leave them. Please someone HELP! LOL This is food for my family , grocery prices are outrageous and green beans are one of the only veggies my kids will eat.
Did you ever do another video which bush beans worked? I've been struggling with production, deer and tiny yellow fuzzy things eating the leaves. I laugh when i watch videos that say beans are one of the easiest to grow. Heck no!! Not near Atlanta!
Bush beans don't do well in summer for me. It is too hot and humid. I had better luck with Asparagus beans and heat resistant pole beans. However, while the beans flowered, the birds ate the bean tips and the beans. So, I will need to use bird netting next time.
i live in escondido, and my beans have been struggling all year. i put up a 30% shade cloth and they blew up and the beans i grew with my corn, once the corn was tall enough to block out some of the sun, then they blew up as well. i have a dozen bean in red solo cups since may, and once the shade cloth went up they have tripled in height and are producing beans.
No problems with beans for me this year… because I didn’t plant a garden (I was away for most of July). But, I found the part about the root nodules fascinating! If planting in a container, could you still chop the plant at soil level and leave the roots in the container?
I love beans in most forms (like green beans that include the pod or black beans that only include the bean), but how do you know which is which when buying seeds? I was pretty confused this season as I was mainly looking for the kind where you'd eat the whole pod. And then what's the difference between bush beans or a pole bean, other than of course one vines & one doesn't.. Thanks!
So a lot of beans can be eaten as either green bean or as dry beans but usually ones meant tk eaten one way or another are better. A green bean will say usually green bean or eat fresh where are dry beans will usually say dry bean or shelling bean. That’s sort of the primary way, scarlet runner can be eaten green, shelled and not dry or fully dry!
@@jacquesinthegarden good info - thanks!!
THANKS for being honest. So many of us have had setbacks this year its nice to know we are not alone.
Agreed! I’ve had a hard time here in my garden too. I think it started with a cool spring here and then I never really recovered. So far behind this year!
So true, my garden basically failed this summer. Even my flowers. Weird summer.
My garden was the worst it’s ever been this year. No beans here either. Hottest & hardest summer yet
im 73 years old and have grown green beans for more than 50 years. From experience i can say that prolonged periods of high heat, 85+ degrees will cause green beans to drop their blossoms. Has it been unusually hot in San Diego this year?
I love how "Real" your garden is! Srsly "These are the only cages I've got, so..."
I'm always jealous of your harvests (sorry - did I say jealous? I meant "Inspired!") - but I'm so happy that your garden looks just like the rest of us!
Love your channel!
Absolutely! I’m always wandering around the garden trying to find something I can use for whatever I’m working on. I’d rather use what I have on hand than always be buying things.
Missed name opportunity...jack ( or jacques) and the bean stalks! 😆
It is a matter of timing : when you have had super hot temperatures, the flowers didn’t have a chance to form properly: they got burnt . They like the warm soil to get started but this year has been really hot , and the bees haven’t had the chance to pollinate due to the lack of flowers.
The bean struggle is real! I planted green beans and black eyed peas in the same bed this spring. The black eyed peas took over and the green beans were never heard from again (moment of silence)... at least new years lunch is covered.
Thanks for running the experiment Jaques, i know youll help me get those elusive green beans next harvest Ü
I found it very helpful to hear you talk through the possibilities of what went wrong with the beans and how to remedy the each one. You are a great teacher! ❤
Bush beans like it hot but not that hot. I'm in Brisbane Australia 🇦🇺 I can grow them all year round but avoid Jan Feb as this is the hottest it gets. Also I drench the ground first, poke my seeds in and do not water again until they pop up, again a good drenching of water and then again once they start flowering, this produces a ton of beans. I've also found transplanting beans never give as good as a crop as when I direct sow. I use the birdies raised beds hugelkuter method 🙂
Your bush beans look like my struggle pole beans. It was a light and heat issue; Bay Area weather was just weird for a few months. They just stalled and have yet to flower. Bush beans planted two months later (more heat, plus finally added an olla) are doing much better.
I love that you did this video Jacques. This year my beans have completely failed since we had extreme temps. I am happy to know that I’m noy the problem.
South of Europe here. Same. I still have the plants, in two places, but no beans. Flowers and then ... nothing. It's been far to hot for too long here this year.
Holy crap i thought i was the only one! My bush beans have not grown at all and didn’t pump the true leaves out for at least a month! Something also came along and ate the tops once they finally started going. My pole beans on the other hand are chugging along just fine! First year gardening and ive grown and harvested tomatoes and peppers but damn beans are just not working in my garden.
Hey , 1st. Its been a challenging growing year almost everywhere- I've had trouble getting zucchini, of all things! Late frost, early heat wave, flooding, pests, blights...you name it. I have had success with Tip Top green beans from Roughwood Seeds- fast growing, hardy and productive. Appreciate your evaluations and explanations, and your garden is looking great.
I lucked out and my plants are huge but a 50ft row gave me 2 this week. Im mowing it down and planting something else Monday.
I thought I was the only one! I grew a huge yellow squash plant and got a whole 2 fruits off of it and then cucumber beetles came and murdered the whole thing
Love your channel Jacques. As much as I love gardening it is a lot of work. So when the "fruits of your labor" never show up it is disheartening. My battle this year was with my tomatoes and prized 10 yr old avocado tree. I thought I had a bumper year for both, but this heat has really done a number on my tomato plants. Those tomatoes are done. I've planted a few more, but lets see how they handle the heat for the rest of summer. My tree was covered in baby avocados so I was thrilled. I was monitoring the water and watching them grow. Then end of July heat came and they started to fall off. Still have a good amount on the tree but I still have to get through August and September heat (I live near Los Angeles). I love gardening, I call it my therapy so I will plug on. I really enjoy seeing you share how you work at it like the rest of us. Thank you!
OMG. I had the exact same problem with my beans this summer. I had both bush and pole beans. I would get, like 2 beans every few days 🤬 Guess it wasn’t our year for beans!
As always...thank you for sharing your knowledge. As another poster mentioned, it's very motivating and encouraging when we find out we're not the only ones struggling.
Another GREAT video. Thank You.
Re. BioTone: My Math tells me that 32 sq ft is ~1/3 of 100 sq ft... 1/3 of 12 cups is 4C - Not 1-1/3C as you applied. (BTW, I'm a retired Math Teacher - Lol !)
OH my... math never my strong suit. Thanks!
Agreed! I listened to that section of the video 3 times trying to make sense of the math and I kept coming up with 4 cups!
I am in the mountains of SW Virginia and I am getting a bumper crop of bush beans this year. I only plant bush beans and I have a small garden but I have been able to can 21 quarts of green beans so far, we have eaten multiple meals and I have given some away. I have grown about 5 different varieties, some of the seeds I have had for several years!
The mountains had a lot more reasonable weather. I’m in the E TN Valley and we were getting temps like 97F feels like 107F. My peppers totally stalled. It’s finally cooled down - 85F feels like 95F - and they’re finally growing. Thankfully, the tomatoes and herbs did well.
SWVA born and raised! Living in SC now though and am finally getting my out of control pole beans to produce now that I'm about to rip them out. I miss VA mountain summers, that's for sure!
I'm in south Orange county, Ca and I've experienced the exact same thing this year. Normally my beans grow like weeds and are super productive. This year they did nothing. So weird.
Thinking it’s the heat for most.
I'm also in your area. All my bush beans this year either produced nothing or 1 pod each. My pole beans are doing as well as last year though.
I'm in northern New Mexico and I had great bush bean production last year. This year, only a small handful. I planted some from the previous year's packet and saved seed from the harvest to plant this year. Both were as you describe.
Only beans that produced well for me this season were Chinese noodle beans. I’ll be growing more of those next year! Good luck with the experiment and can’t wait to see the results!
I planted those but I'm in Northwest Oregon and they're just starting to actually grow hoping for God blessing 🙏.
Growing beans here in Northern Oregon and I've got flowers and a grand total of three beans growing. Growing all kinds, too - Scarlet Runners, Akasanjaku, Blue Lake Bush, Kentucky Wonder Pole...nothing. We have tons of pollinators in the garden too, going crazy with the zinnias and borage, and already have a bumper crop of cukes and squash that got pollinated just fine. Weird! Thanks for sharing your experience, and good tip on leaving the root nodules in ground so at least there's some benefit to growing bean-less bushes.
The spider mites and the dry drought weather in tone 10s just wrecks my beans.
I planted rattlesnake pole beans and they've been producing pretty decently. Mites still get at it, but not as bad as my bush beans
Western Oregon, same. Scarlet Runners are producing flowers but no beans. I have harvested a few Royal Burgundy. My kidney beans are covered though so who knows? Our sunshine didn’t start until mid- June so I thought that might have something to do it. Interesting to know that it’s happening to others.
My first year gardening my 8 bush bean plants have given me 1 purple and 1 green bean. I was so excited about them tho. 🤣
I am having the same issue this year! I'm also in So Cal, and I have 4 types of pole beans growing that I started in MAY... and it is now AUGUST... and still no beans. Lots of flowers... but no beans. The flowers just eventually dry up and fall off.
Saaaame. I’m in San Bernardino and my pole beans are just not producing. Beautiful green leaves but zero fruit
Contender has been my most reliable bean variety
I feel like Kevin had contender and it also did really well
Thank you Jacques, I didn't realize you are supposed to leave the bean roots in, I previously pulled the entire plant. Hope the experiment gives you great yields! Love that you work with what you have and don't go buy massive, expensive new things for every project.
I will be copying this lesson next month too!!
Great explanations for the use of the bean inoculation, the nitrogen fixing nodules and everything else.... We always learn so much from your videos!
South Florida here, and the beans that I have been growing have been such a disappointment. There are several factors for this, for me. It has been so HOT!!!! I usually say I live on the hinges of Hades, but this year has been worse, by about 5degrees. Second, we discovered root know nematodes, and are dealing with that. Can't wait to see how this works out for you!
Good luck! I’ve had a garbage bean year. Between the vermin, the heat and lack of rain it’s been rough! Should have gotten that drip in this year, but, alas….next year!!
The cantare bush beans produce a lot for us this year 😊
I will look those up
Ayy I got those from Baker creek, hoping to grow next year because pole beans piss me off haha
Provider bush beans have always done the best for me...so far anyhow. I don't have very many varieties under my belt. But I had a real issue with my Marvel Of Venice yellow pole beans...only a few plants out of 20+ seeds actually germinated and are growing beans. I did get a purple variety from someone local(unsure name-im in Ontario Canada) and they are BEASTS!!! Theyre going nuts! But yes Provider..which is from Johnny's ..I'm on my third crop this year and I'm in zone 4B..short season
good thing kevin's beans went off this year!
I thought the heat was my problem with my beans but it’s nice to see others were struggling as well. I hope your next crop is plentiful and more than makes up for the setback!
Hey Jacque, Talk about bean woes! In years past, I have had great bean harvests. This year, not so much. I saved Kentucky Wonder pole beans from last years bumper crop and got absolutely nothing. They all came up, even flowered, but produced NO beans. I did have a problem with Japanese Beetles, but used traps to catch a multitude of those buggers! Nevertheless, no beans. My other nemesis was bunny rabbits. My Jade and Contender bush beans gave me a couple of great harvest, but once the bunnies found them, every bean sprout was eaten off.😡 My fall starts of lettuce and broccoli are now covered with an insect/pest barrier. Hope this helps. I love your videos. From Missouri , Zone 6B Dina Casey
My rollie pollie population has boomed and they've started eating roots like grubs would. They are taking out direct down sprouts as well 😞
I had high success with bush beans just soaking the beans overnight and direct sowing them.
I probably watered them a total of three times all season and they loved it.
When I planted my bush beans I put them in cloth bags and only give then 5-1-1 every once and a while and they been producing none stop all spring and summer long they love plenty of water everyday.
Good luck with your Bush beans
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Thanks for this video! 1st time growing beans. Was wondering what I could be doing wrong and seeing your video and reading different comments helps. I started some new seeds a few weeks ago and those are looking promising but it's also cooled down.
Today I learned you and I deal with garden adversity the same and for some reason beans have been an issue for me these past couple season. I'm about to sow some contender bush beans so fingers crossed.
I planted golden butterwax bush beans for the first time earlier in June (also it's my first time gardening in general) and this video popping up reminded me to go check on them. I got a pretty decent harvest of fully grown beans, and I left on the smaller ones. In some other epic gardening videos, Kevin mentioned that harvesting them helps them to produce more. I don't have anything to compare it to but I did think that today's harvest was smaller than what I was expecting for this time of year. I'm sorry that this hasn't been the year of beans for you, but thank you for posting this video! It reminded me to get into the garden, and now I've got dinner.
This is a really useful experiment thanks for sharing. Literally with the strange weather everywhere like for instance in Northwest Oregon we had a really cool beginning to our summer it was like a high of 67 for a while and then it jumped up to over a 100 and up in the upper nineties for days at a time. I'm gardening on a deck a covered one mind you; And my beans are just now growing up so not even flowers yet.
Loved it Jaque. So much more for us to learn when gardeners like you come across an issue. Love all your videos. Keep posting all of it. It’s all good 😊
All the best with the beans
Green beans have a mind of their own!! Some years are great, the next, without any reason at all, are terrible!!!! I’ve started using 1/4” drip with emitters every 6” and winding them along each row, securing them with garden staples. I also link the line back into the main supply line. I’ve found I have better coverage and it takes less time to water. Just an idea. Happy Gardening and thanks for your videos. I love watching you and Kevin in the garden!!!
Western Maryland, zone 6b. Late, cold spring, then birds went for my seedlings so that I had to replant and net the next round. The second round grew wonderfully, but heat knocked the blossoms off, and then were additionally challenged by Japanese beetles. Both bush and runner beans have struggled, except for my cowpeas. Local farmers tell me their beans are having a bad year, and we are all hoping for better luck with our latest round of planting.
I like how you kicked the beans, lol. The other day I gave my garden the finger!
Thanks for sharing this! Actually, my seven little bush beans did well in my tiny veggie patch in Ventura, CA. I loved learned about keeping the roots in the soil and only removing the above-ground plant. I will follow your tip!
Our bush beans in southern Indiana have also had a horrible bean year from rust to beetles it's been a very rough year for greenbean production.
I plant my beans in a raised bed. The first growing I think I killed them cause I didn’t feed them. The second planting was awesome! Love your channel!
I left my beans that were not doing good and its gotten cooler here and I started getting a ton of beans now
Chickens love that greenery!
I would really like to know why the beans were not so productive. I have the same issue, both with bush and runner beans.
I feel the same way with my bushes. I planted them next to my trellis cucumbers for that nitrogen fixation, so it wasn't too much of a waste. But I'm over it too.
I'm just going to replace them with some snowpeas for the fall
Did a succession planting late July. Some insect is eating the germinated seeds. I can't win. I put down food grade diamectous earth, I think to late. Sigh. I am in Michigan and time is growing short. Going to try one more time, use a different pot, hopefully will have some success. 3x is a charm right?
Good luck!
Same problem here! So I planted 3 long beans, 6 bush beans, 7 or 8 pole beans, 1 snake bean...hoping these will survive. Good luck Jacque
OMG bro u gave lots of information abt beans and tomatos 👍i am a new youtuber in cooking and i am from INDIA, i love plants and gardening as well.thnx for sharing this video with us bro.i am sure this will be very useful for the beginners.lots of love and support from ur new subscriber ❤️ looking forward for all ur videos.keep going bro 😎
I had a really good bean crop going then they just all dropped their leaves. I don't know if it was the sudden spike in temperatures, we have been in triple digits since April, or what it might be. I'll be watching your bean patch and see how you do so good luck.
I’m in Central Coastal California, my beans didn’t germinate until the beginning of August after successive plantings, but now they are looking like they should in April. Weird year for green beans, by this time last year I was sharing my surplus harvests with friends and neighbors. My tomatoes have just now starting to ripen. Again tomatoes are really late this year. I haven’t done anything different this year, so maybe weather is to blame? Zucchinis and peppers are doing great!
I've had a terrible bean season, too. 5 weeks of 100+ degree weather after a rainy, cold Spring didn't help. I planted 6 different varieties of beans, and the only one to produce was the Red Noodle beans. I yanked all beans, and even thought I have time for one more crop, but I'm cutting my losses and preparing for fall brassicas.
Could you do a video on how you chose and planned out your irrigation throughout the garden?
Man. I felt that frustration for you. I'm still learning what my plants like. Last year's explosion of Indigo Cherry tomatoes' (assumed to be heirloom) saved seeds never sprouted in the amended, watered, protected garden. Except in the rocks next to my flagstone, with no water, surrounded by weeds and only morning sun. I know it's the indigo cherry from the blue stem. Though I saw two little flowers today, I think it's too late for fruit to form. I'll pot it up and hope it makes it to the garden next year. It's offensive, how beautiful the plant is, considering where it planted itself. lol
I planted mine late. Haven't had any production yet but I plan to just see what happens. Hello from South Central Kansas
I’m having the same issues with my beans they were horrible this year. Got blooms and tiny beans that never grew to full size. Figured it was the heat here in Austin. It’s been 100 or more for the last couple of months.
Last year I had lots. This year, too hot too dry, I guess. I also had massive bean/beet aphid issues? I THINK I blame the farmer on our road that planted a MAHOOSIVE field of sugarbeets which probably attracted them.
We’re gonna need some fabric to create a little shadow for our plants next summer. Same experience as you in Valencia (Spain), with a very similar clima…
Good luck
This year has been feeling hard due to the intense heat and it really hasn't helped ! But there's always a plan B and C and we love to see that
Jacques, like some of the other commenters mentioned, it may be a heat issue. Some bean varieties just stall out when it gets too hot. Maybe shade netting can help? Regardless, your garden looks very productive overall. A second round of squash is always nice.
It’s crazy because heat hasn’t set in where I am until this past week!
Might have had to good of soil nutrients. I've only had issues with beans a few times . Put in a heavy feeder afterwards and they did great. Also put in beans after a heavy feeder, like you did after corn, and the beans did very well. I treat beans like herbs now and they do well. I don't measure when I fertilize, have a feeling I over do it. But for beans I use no amendments at beginning, nor the inoculation. But after they start growing only compost tea or worm tea and they thrive. Beans always do better for me direct sowing vs transplant and I've never used the inoculation powder.
Thanks!!
I've had bad luck putting mulch over bean seeds...the roly-polys like the moisture under the mulch and completely trash the seedlings as they emerge. My pole beans are producing faster than I can eat/freeze/dehydrate them but I have no success with bush beans. Let us know how this works out!
Most likely a problem with pollinators, know people who have a had a similar problem where there beans plants produce lots of flowers but they never formed any pods
My beans did the same in the front garden. Here it was warmer than usual, so I'm going with that explanation, since they looked very healthy.
The ones I planted closer to the river - which is always cooler - produced very well.
I have had problems with growing bush beans this year also. I like how you are trying another section of land . I did the same thing a few weeks ago, so we shall see. Thanks for the tips.
My beans are struggling as well. Glad to see I am not alone. Unfortunately, our first frost is not far away so I do not have time to replant.
I had the worst luck with beans this year. I’m on my third try so far. Some fruited, but they are so puny and not growing fast at all. I started some AAS winner variety in a greenstalk, so fingers crossed. My neighbor had her crops fail, too. I noticed quite a few gardeners having a hard time with beans this year.
Top vidéo 😉 bravo
A bientôt 👍
Same issues here. First time Gardner. Was told beans grow like weeds, no special skills needed. Not this year I guess.
We had the same problem two years ago. I planted my peppers right next to the beans and not one single bean formed. I found out that something happening underground prohibits beans from growing when planted next to peppers. The year before we planted beans next to squash and had 3x massive harvests.
I have Kentucky long beans that haven’t even flowered! Well I’ve seen a few small ones starting to grow, but none fully bloomed. I’m in San Bernardino area and it’s been incredibly hot, but my squash, peppers, and tomatoes have done pretty well despite the heat
My green beans sucked this year too, so I'm growing some different varieties just like you. I am however, growing in grow bags. I don't have any soil to plant in. I have gravely-silt.
My beans were up and down, I have a fall bean planting started in the epic 4 cells also a lot from Gurnees. I may also take a look at some of the other beans you started and contemplate the winter seeding in preparation for spring.
Thanks for the tips and the way you approach gardening! Very down to earth and approachable!
Oh dear if you hit home here . My spring beans either pole or bush did so poorly that i found my self planting noodles beans and now i got beans , anyways got to hot in southeast around may and the flowers would fall off . Could that being the issue?
I have heard that the fava been can do wonders to poor soil , i got to admit i love the flavor of the fava been so i am will to try this winter , eat some , and sacrifice the rest to help my soil with awesome nutrition.
Contender , is a bush bean and i planted for the fall harvest. It's doing alright. Keeping my fingers crossed. Ai ai 🙄
Rollie Pollies Actually eat bean leaves if they're close to the ground, to get rid of them use an old damp rolled up newspaper on the garden bed, they'll collect under and in it, dispose of roll often as necessary. 👍
Thank you so much for this video. I am having trouble this year with beans and other vegetables. It’s been tough.
Wonderful to see a dedicated bed through all of the steps needed for success. Wonder if you would consider showing how to use a soil test from a local extension office or farm store? These are sooooo helpful in planning or troubleshooting new garden beds. Cost is usually around $20.
Jade II usually give a good harvest, we got to can 9 pints and ate a lot as well. Dragon tongue did good too, yummy.
Excellent video and great tip on the bean roots, thanks for sharing
I’m in SoCal, inland empire, and I lost all my summer squash, two spaghetti winter squash and two watermelon plants to rollie-pollies this year. They chewed through all of the stems of these plants. I tries beer and/or fruit rind traps and got at least 1000 of them. I resorted to DE around the stems of my remaining plants. I have no idea where the rollie-pollies came from, I’ve never had this particular pest problem before.
I have had terrible luck with beans this year. Same problems as you. I think I need to try some different varieties that might do better in Arizona
San Diego chiming in. 5 varieties of bush and pole beans all yielded zero harvest for me. My plants are still in ground. Can’t bear ripping them out and accepting failure quite yet.
Hi Jacques! Love your channel. I've had bush bean trouble in Front Range Colorado as well this year, and found that the pest pressure from roly polies was huge this year. Even when I started the beans in trays, after transplanting they would eat around the base of the stem and even foot tall plants would fall over and die. I've never seen it before but I caught them red handed (so to speak) many times. I'd be interested to see if you see any pest damage around the stems of your new transplants. I resorted to beer traps refreshed several times over a couple of weeks and was able to reduce the pressure at least enough to keep my pole beans alive, but have only been able to grow bush beans in containers this year.
Hello! Love your channel! I planted bush beans and they germinated fast ,we're growing fast then bam slowed down drastically. Then they started getting these tiny brown spots all over the foliage. The new growth is fine the. A few days and it's covered as well. It looks like they have bloomed but im afraid it will spread if I leave them. Please someone HELP! LOL This is food for my family , grocery prices are outrageous and green beans are one of the only veggies my kids will eat.
Did you ever do another video which bush beans worked? I've been struggling with production, deer and tiny yellow fuzzy things eating the leaves. I laugh when i watch videos that say beans are one of the easiest to grow. Heck no!! Not near Atlanta!
I haven't had any luck with beans this year either! I wonder if it's because it's been extremely hot.
Bush beans don't do well in summer for me. It is too hot and humid. I had better luck with Asparagus beans and heat resistant pole beans. However, while the beans flowered, the birds ate the bean tips and the beans. So, I will need to use bird netting next time.
i live in escondido, and my beans have been struggling all year. i put up a 30% shade cloth and they blew up and the beans i grew with my corn, once the corn was tall enough to block out some of the sun, then they blew up as well. i have a dozen bean in red solo cups since may, and once the shade cloth went up they have tripled in height and are producing beans.
Could be the sun or heat but they get a fair amount of shade
I think it is just the growing season. Most people are having issues in some way.
No problems with beans for me this year… because I didn’t plant a garden (I was away for most of July). But, I found the part about the root nodules fascinating! If planting in a container, could you still chop the plant at soil level and leave the roots in the container?
You could eventually the roots can build up though and adding more soil to refresh becomes necessary
@@jacquesinthegarden Thanks! I was thinking that the roots would break down, but it probably takes longer than I realize .
Jacques is great, way better than that strange Epic dude and his "hermit" friend. Those guys are crazy!