Sgardner
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French Gold pole beans -trouble with starts

I started these beans from seed and they were thriving until I transplanted them into a bed. The soil I used was pretty mulchy so I mixed it with some compost and transplanted my starts. The leaves began to yellow and the veins of leaves turned brown, I cut them off and new leaves came in green and healthy, but quickly became yellow, brown and holey. I don't know what to do at this point, the growth is stunted and the new green leaves continue to deteriorate. Any suggestions?

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I think you need some soil in the growing medium in addition to mulch and compost. Nutrients are probably locked up in decomposition. You might be able to save them by adding some fertilizer. I would just use organic 4-4-4 and see what happens.

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Thanks, I'll give nutrients a try with some added soil.



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