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13 Feb 10, Rikkyurk (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I have tried growing from seed twice and only one from 40 seemed to germinate. I am sowing in rows 1.5 - 2cm deep. As directed on the packet I didn't water for 3 days after sowing. They were a fresh packet of seed too. Any tips?

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01 Oct 10, Monty (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

A tip I saw on a TV show for getting beans and peas to germitate suggested soaking the seeds overnight in water with a pinch of epsom salts. The magnesium is supposed to activate an enzyme in the seed which triggers sprouting. I have done this once with dwarf beans and once with braod beans and have got 100% (8 out of 8) germination both times.

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20 Mar 10, monique (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

my beans are really hard what is wrong with them and they are a bit brown

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21 Mar 10, george (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Can anyone help I have tried twice to get my dwarf beans going but by the time they rreach 6 leaf stage they are being eaten by something. or may be sucked by something.

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21 Mar 10, Diane (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

My bean plants were also growing very well, they flowered and produced a few beans but now the leaf ends are going brown and look burned (just like Hellbelle 11 Feb post). I would appreciate some feedback about possilbe causes.

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17 Apr 10, brian palfreyman (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Soon after the bean sprouts comes out of the ground they need to be sprayed against the bean fly which stings the newly exposed stalk and lays eggs in the stalk and a grub developes which eats the inside of the stalk and the plant dies I spray mine as soon as the bean emerges from the ground and get a good crop,if I forget to spray them I loose them

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22 May 10, dan (Australia - tropical climate)

can you tell me the name of the spray to use as we have the same problem.

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18 Apr 10, Heck (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I have planted dwarf beans for the third time and once again as they reach a height of about 20 cm the stalks go brown and become very soft and the leaves turn yellow and the plant falls over and karks it. I don't think I'm over watering them but we have had a lot of rain of late. I need help please

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27 Apr 10, (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

It sounds like too much water. Are you growing them in a raised bed to improve drainage?

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28 Apr 10, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Maybe bean fly (see comment below from brian)

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