French Beans

[the_abbs]

I've kept my beans watered but they're looking a bit wierd, they look like they've got a filmy covering on the leaf at first sight. I'm told by someone that they've been too cold at night. Is this true?

[Hans Mum]

filmy covering i thought slugs...where are they in the ground or still in pots in a greenhouse

[Paulottie]

Beans go yellow and stop growing when cold (PARTICULARLY IN THIS WIND LATELY)..sorry didn't mean to shout....caps lock.

Slime and holes = molluscs

[Two_Sheds]

Over-watering?
(the usual culprit with newbies, sorry no offence)

[Snadger]

Beans go yellow and stop growing when cold (PARTICULARLY IN THIS WIND LATELY)..sorry didn't mean to shout....caps lock.

Slime and holes = molluscs

You sometimes need to shout to be heard above the wind Paul!

[Cosmo and Dibs]

Are French beans the same veg' as green beans?

[taff]

Yes, usually.

[Two_Sheds]

Yes, usually.

"usually" because sometimes they is purple or yellow or red

[Florence Fennel]

Just to say last year I grew green, purple and yellow and although they were all very tasty fresh and the green and purple froze well, I wouldn't recommend freezing the yellow ones - I found them very limp after cooking from frozen.

[minty_green]

I wonder if you had prepared the soil especially for the beans before planting, otherwise there could be a lack of some minerals, for example, magnesium. My dwarf french beans were yellow and didn't grow for a few weeks last year, until I started feeding them tomato feeds. The leaves quickly turned green and plants started growing again!

I will feed my climbing french beans with tomato feeds this year just to make sure.