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First-time grower here, who's having reasonable success so far. I have dwarf french beans (6 plants, 2 to a pot). Planted in June, they've grown really nicely and have been cropping pleasantly heavily for a few weeks (beans in the freezer!). Now however they appear to have slowed down/stopped (very few new beans and some that are on the way are looking very thin). It's rather a shame - I was expecting more weeks of production. The plants themselves still look healthy (nice green leaves), but there are no new flowers. What could be the cause? I'm wondering if it's:
1 - just how it is (I should've done a successional planting)
2 - compost exhaustion (they're in pots, growbag compost, but I've been feeding them quite regularly since they started cropping - liquid seaweed/growmore)
3 - too much feeding, or the wrong sort (since they're in pots I was worried about running out of goodness, and can't get too much liquid in there in one go so I've been feeding on Wed/Thu and Sat/Sun during regular watering)
Any tips? Or are they just having a rest?
TIA
Chris
1 - just how it is (I should've done a successional planting)
2 - compost exhaustion (they're in pots, growbag compost, but I've been feeding them quite regularly since they started cropping - liquid seaweed/growmore)
3 - too much feeding, or the wrong sort (since they're in pots I was worried about running out of goodness, and can't get too much liquid in there in one go so I've been feeding on Wed/Thu and Sat/Sun during regular watering)
Any tips? Or are they just having a rest?
TIA
Chris
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