To: LEAH ROZHON
Subject: Green Beans
LR>Also, if anybody can help---my green bean leaves are drying out and
LR>turning brown in splotches.  They have plenty of water and this seems to
LR>be a disease rather than insects.  They were Northrup seeds.  Any fix
LR>for this and will I get green beans eventually??
  Sounds like bean mosaic, Leah. It is a viral disease of beans, and the
  recommended treatment  (there is none that will make the plants
  healthy again), is to yank and burn infected plants. Or, you can let a
  crop of beans come, but your yields will be reduced by the amount of
  chlorophyll-producing areas of leaf destroyed.
   Organic matter added to the soil, particularly well-made compost,
   will strengthen future bean plants against the virus. Sorry this crop
   can't be helped. Why not try new plantings in a slightly different
   area? You still have time to harvest a crop from new seedings.
                    ...Sandra...
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