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habitat_gardener · August 26, 2013

Some of my pole beans have a bean or two that's going to seed, so I can understand why those are losing their leaves and shutting down, mostly. But what about the vines that don't have anything going to seed? All of a sudden, it seems, in the past week or so, production has plummeted on all my beans. I have about a dozen varieties. Is production tied to day length? I may also have been watering less -- maybe every 4 days instead of every other day. iirc, last year I had a lull and then most varieties started producing again.

August 26, 2013	#1
habitat_gardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: California Central Valley Posts: 2,540	why are pole beans winding down? Some of my pole beans have a bean or two that's going to seed, so I can understand why those are losing their leaves and shutting down, mostly. But what about the vines that don't have anything going to seed? All of a sudden, it seems, in the past week or so, production has plummeted on all my beans. I have about a dozen varieties. Is production tied to day length? I may also have been watering less -- maybe every 4 days instead of every other day. iirc, last year I had a lull and then most varieties started producing again.