mim

Years ago an elderly lady from the local garden club had a recipe that called for epsom salts, saltpeter ans I think amonia. She swore by it and said her flowers always blossomed themselves to death - they tried so much

Olivia's Grammy

We had green beans. They come and gone. Our worst crop was the tomatoes. DH planted 300 hoping to sell. The heat, then the sudden showers, after DH watered caused them to split so he couldn't sell them. We had enough to do what we needed. Second crop of potatoes have rotten in the ground bc of to much rain to fast. Not complaining about the rain, just don't need a months worth in two days.

Susan Hansen12228

We don't have bees to pollinate because people keep spraying their lawns with weed killer and fertilizer. The best time to do this is in late fall, ask any garden center or read about the subject. If everyone sprayed at the correct time of year, we wouldn't have this problem.

juneayerza

I'm in California, but have the same problem with all of the veggies this year. I think it is the up and down weather this year.

smagruder

My friends garden went "bust" twice so we have not green beans to can. I called a farm in Indiana and they are supposed to be getting a new crop of half runners soon. I will get my beans from them.... $35 a bushel... Where my friend lives, in the country, they were selling a bushel for $60. Robbery. I agree with you husband, hard for bees to pollinate with so much rain.

jpthequilter

Could be! Try using some Q TIP sticks and brush many blossoms with them to polinate them yourself. One Q tip will polinate them all.
Do this often. - every day or every few days.
As soon as a blossom is polinated it starts to shrivel, and new ones come out.
If you have a small real feather duster that works even faster.
Try it with tomatoes and melons - almost everything in the garden needs polinating!

Robinmg

Our garden isn't producing much either. Lots of nice folage and some flowers. We have picked a few cucumbers but no tomatoes or peppers.

patsynel

The very same thing happened to my DH this year with the green beans. He planted twice with no luck. We have talked to several people in this area with the same problem.

Pinkiris

Maybe our neighboring farmer doesn't have the bee boxes for his sweet corn. I just assumed that because of the close proximity. Yesterday, he harvested a HUGE quantity of pickles from a nearby plot.

We have had about 6 zucchini (not large ones). I think that the ants are pollinating them.

Too late to start another crop here in Wisconsin. Not long after Labor Day, we usually have frost. Guess I'll have to visit the local farmer's market this year!

Our tomatoes are very slow to produce, and they are pretty hard. Not the juicy, lush babies I'm used to.

Sue

arimuse

maybe it is the bees; you can spit and grow beans. None of mine came out this yr yet either sharet