[Breadsnapper]

I planted some climbing beans of the Blauhilde variety.  They appear to be grwing OK about 2 metres tall at the moment but there's no sign of any beans.  There's continual new growth but no flowering.  Any ideas?

[gobs]

If the foliage and the plants look healthy, I'd think of the cold spell we are having. Unless something plays the flowers away.

Have only grown them for 3 seasons, but never let me down, vigorous, good growers. Never do anything to them, either. I planted them in situ , first half of June this year, just started picking this weekend.

Let's hope, the promised warmer spell at the weekend does it for them and nothing is wrong with them, so soon you can enjoy their lovely flavour.

In case you heavily manured them or similar feed, a bit of potash can do good for flowering.

[Breadsnapper]

In the main the foliage does look healthy.  There appears to be a few leaves that look like something been eating them but nothing major.  I will try a bit of potash.

[SnooziSuzi]

are you getting enough pollinators - ie bees etc?  There's steadily been fewer each year so perhaps they're just not being polinated?

[Breadsnapper]

I would have thought so(tho i'm no expert) as i have peas on the same patch and they're flowering and i have already harvested some pods.  However I do plan to make a bee nest for next year

[Yorkie]

My beans have been generally late, especially the blauhilde.

Don't give up  

[SalJ1980]

I was given my beans and have no idea what variety they are, but they are quite a way behind my peas, which were sown about 4 weeks after the beans! I've had 4 or 5 good crops of the peas so far and will have more tomorrow, whereas I'll be picking the first beans tomorrow...

[peterjf]

FEED THEM WITH FERTILISER

[peapod]

are you getting enough pollinators - ie bees etc?  There's steadily been fewer each year so perhaps they're just not being polinated?

Mine have done zero, zilch, nada!  I think them pesky bees were too lazy to bypass the toms and chillie flowers next to my beans :-(

Paula

[vegmandan]

Everyone I know around me "UP North" has had a disaster with beans and even runners because the weather's been so wet there's been no insects and bees about to pollinate the damn things.

I was lucky with some in my polytunel as all the insects seemed to have taken refuge in it. :?

[Breadsnapper]

There's tons of flies and stuff.  Nearly everyday i put stuff in my compost bin hundreds of flies escape.  Is there any way to artificially pollinate them?

[vegmandan]

Oh,just read...no flowering.

This can be because you've planted them on ground with too much Nitrogen,i.e manure etc which will just make the plants grow and grow with no flowers.

Beans produce their own Nitrogen from the air so you don't need to add any.

This might be your problem. :cry:

[Breadsnapper]

I have put some fertilser down.  I only got the polt in april and have not used manure, prior to that it was over run with weeds for several years.

[Breadsnapper]

Panic over.  I now have lovely purple flowers.  Looks like it was the weather, hopefully were going to have a sunny September.