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I wonder what’s going on with these beans? This is a new bed, made last fall with bulk soil and a couple inches of compost. I tried several different seed starts here, but we had such a cold spring, nothing stuck until I planted these bush dry beans in early July. The bed was fertilized for the corn that died of cold in June. Even then, I don’t think I’ve seen as much growth as I should, and what the hell, y’all? Why is half the bed nice and green and the other half all yellow? Any ideas?
There’s buried drip irrigation, 15 minutes a day from a well, and it’s enough for the leeks, squash etc so I don’t think it’s the water.
You can get soil salinity meters. Not sure such a small amount of salt would cause a problem. If concerned & bed has good drainage, should be able to leach salt out with 2-3 heavy waterings.
I don't know about beans specifically. In general folks water stuff too little, too often. 15min/day seems like that. built in drip emitters are usually 1 gal/hr. I'll have clients run drip for an hour to get water deeper. then wait 3 days or more to water again.