Topic: Yellow leaves dwarf French beans

[wardy4]

Have grown some French beans from seed in the greenhouse, nice green leaves
Since planting out the leaves have turned yellow
I have added grow more to the soil before planting
Any ideas

[Borlotti]

At least you have leaves, mine haven't even come up.  Think it was too cold for them.

[Jayb]

I'd go with the too cold bit as well, especially if they were looking nice and healthy before planting out.  Could be they weren't hardened off enough before planting out. Perhaps a little fleece to keep it a bit warmer and not so draughty might help until it warms up a bit? I've planted some dwarf beans in a poly-tunnel and they are a bit sulky and slow growing, so can imagine they would be unhappy outside.

[wardy4]

I'll try to protect them from the wind a bit then

[galina]

I'll try to protect them from the wind a bit then

It is labour intensive, but effective - i am starting to plant out French Beans now, but they are all under individual bottle cloches.  The beans grow fast with the extra protection.  French Beans like a little pampering.

In case of rare climbing beans where I have few seeds only I leave those bottles on all season to make it more difficult for our mice/voles to bite through the stems.  The tops of the beans just grow out of the tops of the bottles and carry on growing as normal.  Unfortunately I run out of bottles quite fast every year and can't protect them all.