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Growing beans
Posted on 6/17/25 at 11:27 am
Posted on 6/17/25 at 11:27 am
All of my garden is producing except my Lima Beans. Plants look great and have a lot of flowers but zero beans. Anyone have advise other than what I can Google?
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Posted on 6/17/25 at 12:10 pm to Hawk7723
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producing except my Lima Beans
Count yourself lucky.
Posted on 6/17/25 at 4:58 pm to Hawk7723
Don't feel alone. I'm having the same issue with my pole beans. I have tons of plant growth, hundreds of flowers and very few beans to speak of.
It's so bad I'm going to pull them out tomorrow and plant some Japanese Yard Long beans to take their place. I've always had great success with them since they are fast growers and produce plenty of beans during the season.
The main reason I went with a regular pole bean was to be able to pickle several quarts to have during the year. As great as the Yard Longs are, they suck for pickling but are great for grilling and smothering down with some onion, garlic, chunks of ham and cut up potatoes like any good green bean.
It's so bad I'm going to pull them out tomorrow and plant some Japanese Yard Long beans to take their place. I've always had great success with them since they are fast growers and produce plenty of beans during the season.
The main reason I went with a regular pole bean was to be able to pickle several quarts to have during the year. As great as the Yard Longs are, they suck for pickling but are great for grilling and smothering down with some onion, garlic, chunks of ham and cut up potatoes like any good green bean.
Posted on 6/17/25 at 7:55 pm to Hawk7723
Lima beans are heat tolerant and they really are just getting going depending on the variety, if you have good growth just let them be for awhile longer before you call it. Likely got a little too much nitrogen somehow, P & K will help them bloom and set, but odds are they don’t need anything and are just a little late.
Posted on 6/17/25 at 8:01 pm to gumbo2176
Same as above, my rattlesnakes just started producing in the last two weeks and since then I’ve filled a 5 gallon bucket. Give them time.
Posted on 6/17/25 at 9:43 pm to TheDrunkenTigah
We’ve had a lot of trouble growing butterbeans/ Lima beans for some reason last several years.
Had a good crop last year but the preceding 3 years there would be pods but no beans in them.
They’re looking good this year so we’ll see.
Had a good crop last year but the preceding 3 years there would be pods but no beans in them.
They’re looking good this year so we’ll see.
Posted on 6/18/25 at 7:46 am to Hawk7723
I try to plant as early as possible. I get a modest picking through early summer, then hardly anything as it gets hot, then the most abundant pickings in the fall till first frost. Every year during the summer I panic and think I won't even have enough to save seed for next years crop.
Posted on 6/18/25 at 3:32 pm to Hawk7723
Same here in northwest Louisiana. My Lima beans look healthy but they are not filling out. Same last year, lots of pods but not many beans. I’ve been told that they don’t set beans well when it gets hot. I will stay with purple hulls, zippers and cream peas. They don’t mind the heat.
Posted on 6/18/25 at 4:13 pm to mudcat tiger
My purple hull and pinto beans are doing great.
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