I've grown pole beans for 4-5 years, and I have never seen this behavior in bean plants before!This year it's Kentucky Blue, and I have a bumper crop of tiny beans, with a few normal sized mixed in! We did have a cold June, but we've had really hot temps in July and now August. (85-100*) On the days when the forecast was for the 100's, I have been giving them extra water in the AM. When planted, I used organic stakes of slow release fertilizer, and I don't have an unusual abundance of leaves. I live in a community that gets some effect from the marine layer, mostly in the form of wind off of the San Francisco fog. I am about 25 miles inland from San Francisco. Ideas?
I've grown pole beans for 4-5 years, and I have never seen this behavior in bean plants before!This year it's Kentucky Blue, and I have a bumper crop of tiny beans, with a few normal sized mixed in! We did have a cold June, but we've had really hot temps in July and now August. (85-100*) On the days when the forecast was for the 100's, I have been giving them extra water in the AM. When planted, I used organic stakes of slow release fertilizer, and I don't have an unusual abundance of leaves. I live in a community that gets some effect from the marine layer, mostly in the form of wind off of the San Francisco fog. I am about 25 miles inland from San Francisco. Ideas?