Please help, what wrong with my French dwarf beans ?

[Kingfisher]

Hi can anyone tell me what this is and what I should do about it, or how to treat it, before I lose them all, many thanks Janet

[Kingfisher]

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

it looks like rust to me. It's getting quite late in the season now, and there are lost of fungal and bacterial infections about - and the plants are just getting old. Nothing much you can do about it, just keep picking the beans (if there are any  :D)

[Kingfisher]

Thank you RT I did not put them intill realy late, just thought I might be able to keep them going a bit longer.

[kenkew]

Go high. Your problem starts low and progresses. Pick the ones above the problem. Take off infected leaves and pods below. You will get a crop.

[Barnowl]

I agree. Don't think it's mosaic virus or anything sinister because mine go like that every year (in fact the earliest planted already have  :))

[Bean_Queen]

Doesn't look serious.
Your Frenchies will be finishing soon anyway.

I succession-sowed mine this year, and while most are dried and stored already, I still have a lot to come, in case we get an Indian Summer.  Ha ha.

[Kingfisher]

Many thanks from you all, my mind is at rest now, this is such a usefull site with the best and nicest people, you are all brill ,

[cornykev]

As already said they are coming to the end of the season, so take off the bad leaves, mine are looking the same KF so no problem.      ;D ;D ;D