Sometimes You Have to Start Over... Our Garden's Dying?!

[@BUDSBEAU]

cover the water tubing. laying out in the sun like that will turn those water hoses into heaters and when the water turns on, it will cook your plants.

[@Crazy-bout-a-mercury]

Hi guys, just a little word of advice. You don't need much. Fertilizer on beans, beans are a Nitrogen fixer, which means they make their own nitrogen. So you probably added a little too much. That's why a lot of places will tell you to put them in the bed behind your tomatoes so they can replenish the nitrogen.

[@dianebeckner884]

I agree. When he listed what they did to prep for planting my jaw dropped. Too much fertilizer was my first thought.

[@kathrynmauro8673]

Same here. I would have kept the plants and stopped fertilizing. I have been gardening for a little over four decades. I make my own compost and use it to boost my plants as needed. My last home had sixty-two organic fruit trees, a ten thousand in ground organic garden, four or five 8' X 4' garden boxes, with herbs, grapes. I was always blessed and shared with family, friends, and people at church.

[@patdinning5686]

I would have transplanted the beans you pulled, just to any ground area. Just to see how they grow.

[@marycook9607]

HELLO, HERE ARE SOME IDEAS If your beans are not growing there is something wrong in your soil. If their is any pesticide in your soil they will not grow correctly. Roots and refuge farm brought some bulk soil into the garden and it had pesticide in the dirt. They can tell you how to fix it. Some other plants grow but not correctly. So sorry you are having problems. Also add some bean and pea innoculate to your soil. Helps tremendously. Good luck and have fun gardening.

[@leahr.2620]

Lol I thought about Jessica's soil problem too.

[@verreedoiron183]

It was an herbicide not a pesticide. It’s horrible to lose your entire garden isn’t it

[@j.b.6855]

It was aminopyralid herbicide. The bad thing about them is that they can go through an animal and taint the manure. Once incorporated into the soil it can take up to three years to dissipate. Those beans dont look like typical aminopyralid tainted soil, but you never know what new evil chemical is being used/produced. I no longer use bagged manure/compost in my garden after last year. I had five sip containers left and ran out of my own compost. I bought some and it was tainted. The tomatoes were twisted and curled. Never again. Two years ago I started making leaf mold. This year it was ready and I didnt have to buy any compost.

[@19Photographer76]

No not more compost, that could be your problem.

[@Crazy_Garden_Lady]

My first garden died because of the soil I bought. It contained herbicides. Friends who bought the same soil had the same problem. It was not the soil I had bought in 50L bags, but a big load brought by a truck.

[@Hosty_Tim]

I didn't think the beans looked so bad - mine have looked worse and still produced beans. Good luck!

[@bethhammond4106]

Usually yellow means too much water

[@ronwhite2237]

My beans, cucumbers and zucchini did the exact same thing. I just kept watering them and ignored them then one day they just took off and started bearing like crazy. 🤷‍♀️ We also have found that our fall garden does far better than our spring/summer Garden. Don’t pull those plants up, leave them until the fall and they will take off. Especially your tomatoes, etc..

[@sharon-keathley]

Take a soil sample to your local Cooperative Extension Service or grab a soil sample kit at your local TSC. Either will tell you what is going on with your soil. The CES can tell you what you need to do to correct the situation.

[@lechatbotte.]

Iron. Beans like Sandy well draining soil. I did an experiment with them in fifth or sixth grade lol

[@bethdurbin3279]

I was going to mention the same thing but I didn’t get to see a close up of the leaves. But, I agree, most likely it iron deficiency.

[@juliemattingly3356]

Worst spring ever in Kentucky for starting a garden. I replanted my tomatoes 3 times. Good things I started extras! Good Luck!

[@DuffyF56]

Not sure why in a raised bed you would be planting in rows. I would space the plants based on the seed package specification in a continuous pattern of all seeds the same distance from the others adjacent ones. Given the size of your planter you can support many more plants increasing yield.

[@doloresrozman5612]

I agree

[@jodijarvis1018]

I have never fertilized my green beans and I’ve been planting over 35 years. It looks like they are burnt from too much fertilizer. Scrape off the top 6 inches of soil and add new then just plant again.

[@johnr3937]

You burned them up. You don't need anymore fertilizer. Maybe you used to much water. Also part of the problem is that it has been a lot cooler than usual.

[@paulalatham1266]

You should water your plants and trees and your vegetables after the sun goes down or early in the morning before sun comes up

[@kmbbmj5857]

Couple of thoughts. In addition to the heat (raised beds contain a lot of heat), lack of N2. Bagged soil is very low in nutrients but high in wood chips. The wood chips deplete the soil of what little N2 is there. We live in Tennessee just a bit west of you have removed all the raised beds from our garden. Too much heat; they don't hold water well but drain quickly; and the lack of nutrients in the bagged soil we put in them. We started with conventional tillage and had bountiful harvests but switched to raised beds and a bit of Hügelkultur because everyone said that's the way to go. After fighting with it for several years of poor harvests, I ripped that all out last year and went back to conventional tillage. So far things are looking better if I can just keep the dang rabbits out. They find a hole in my fencing and think the garden is the buffet at Golden Corral.

[@kwells8807]

😂 Golden Corral!!!! Love that analogy!!!

[@gabrielgreenham]

Something that I can't do anymore is planning a garden. I'm a double lung transplant recipient and bagged soils are a no no for me and any one else that is post lung transplant so I really enjoy watching the gardens and preparing that you guys do

[@greenacresbloom]

Last year Roots and Refuge Farm got some compost that was contaminated with herbicide. In their Jun 22, 2022 KZbin video they talk about it. The soil was particularly brutal to their nightshades and legumes. Green beans were so sensitive that going forward they used green beans to test new sources of compost. It looks like this may have happened to you too.

[@Malovitchko]

Hi, gays😊 it’s really interisting❤

[@CathyChilton]

green beans can secure their own nitrogen fixer. You dont need to keep adding nitrogen fertilizer.

[@philliphinkle2812]

Thats a lot of fertilizer for baby plants. I.d cut back till they grow a bit

[@homezero]

Have you tried using "Fish Emulsion" as fertilizer? I have seen great results with this. It smells but does work well.

[@KMT65]

Good Morning Sam & Angela. My semi professional opinion is the bean were/are over fertilized. The 10-10-10 mixed in along with top side dressing is just too much, especially for tender young growth. The yellowish tint shown on my TV suggested this. You had good root growth/development but be very careful about how much you fertilize beans. Love your channel and your desire to grow your own food. Have a great week. Blessings from Michigan👍

[@marieparks5674]

I didn’t think the beans looked that bad. I planted my beans in two rows really close together, didn’t fertilize much, they grew thick and cut down on weeds.. to me they just looked like that from being young plants and in hot sun.

[@dollarsigns5427]

You might need to drape a shade cloth over those beans when It gets super hot

[@tb7280]

I never fertilize peas or green beans. They both put nitogen in the ground on their own. Get some Epsom salt for your other veggies. Follow directions! On the bag.

[@auntlouise]

I had to dig my plants up and rinse their roots in fresh water, then I planted them on soil from my woods and they recovered and are doing well.The bags of dirt that I bought were made with composted manure, and it appears that herbicides sprayed in hay pastures pass through the cow/horse that eats that hay and into the compost. My forest dirt is growing potatoes like crazy right now, and my bush beans have perked up and greened up and are looking great. I wish I could share before and after pics!

[@mikepetitt9624]

Sam…so I live here in San Diego and I live in the foot hills so its considered hi desert oak trees and sage brush. Our temps range from very rare snow that doesn’t stick for long to its been 116 in the shade. My garden will some times burn from the heat. What I have done with my boxes is I garden by the square inch not square foot! I know it sounds strange but I plant the plants that can handle full sun and like the heat in front of the ones that don’t and they shade them. By letting it kinda over grow I make mini echo systems the more plants they seem to keep the ground cooler and retain the moisture. I even noticed some plant grow really good in one box and if I move to another box the next year they may not! Just the few feet seems to make a difference in some of the plants not sure why. Lastly I learned soils may not be depleted, but bound up ! Especially if you use chemical fertilizers they bind the nutrients in the soil then become dependent on the chemical fertilizer like miracle grow for example. I use Ironite you sprinkle for your sized beds a large coffee can in each bed . The pellets will slowly dissolve as you water will not burn the plants and what it does is breaks those binds in the soil allowing the plants to absorb the nutrient’s in your soil. I wish I could post you a picture of how crazy my garden grows with this stuff! Good luck!

[@dannyshort1413]

You can over fertilize. My granddaddy would say” You burned ‘um up.” 😮

[@doloresrozman5612]

I haven't had a veggie bed in about 12 years but did have 13 raised beds for 30 years.( thanks to hubby). They were no more then 4' wide ,did square ft planting EXCEPT for lettuce, bush green beans. I had a lot of failures. This worked for us.GOOD LUCK.

[@edithjones1995]

Plant another row between the two rows you planted. In a raised bed you can control water and fertilizer so you can plant much closer together. Love your channel

[@natesteinman6292]

Have you tried adding some native soil to add good fungus and bacteria to the soil. Some times it’s not the lack of NPK, it’s just the lack of bacteria/fungi and or lack of micro nutrients.

[@darleneclark6098]

They did add native soil to some of the beds from the woods. Not sure if that bed was one of them.

[@lauranicholas3914]

Last year Jess over at Roots and Refuge had a similar problem. Turns out the soil she purchased was contaminated . Everything she planted in it turned yellow and the leaves curled. I hope this didn't happen to you. Jess had it tested and found it was full of pesticides, and unfit to grow food.

[@barryedwards1336]

Sam & Angela, couple of points, and a little advice, it is possible to overfeed and overwater, thinking this is ok because it's a new bed, well it's not always the case, far better to give it a full year to let it build itself up and make a good quality bed, leaving it upto nature works too, so expect the first seasons crop to not always the the best, secondly where you are double planting those been seeds in two rows, they are big seeds so why not single plant but in four rows instead, there's plenty of space in those beds to do it, inter plant row spacing so that the bean seeds sown are not directly opposite each other, you are still planting the same amount of seeds but giving each seed it's own space to grow, in all My years of gardening one thing I have learnt to be true, you have to have patience when you start a new patch or bed.

[@gretchenthom4976]

I'm sure you all will get lots of advice, just not from me. 😅I can't grow anything. I'm sure you'll find the right combination. Happy planting. (again)

[@kkeenan536]

I hope your soils not contaminated. Jess at Roots & Refuge got a load of contaminated soil & beans were the first to show the problem. After her video about it, a bunch more people had the same thing, (both bagged and bulk soil or compost)

[@rubberdc]

Good afternoon Sam and Angela , you two look good today . Its a nice warm and sunny 16C here in Newcastle upon Tyne .

[@Crazy-bout-a-mercury]

And you want the soil temperature to be warm. Plants like to germinate at about 95°. Like you mentioned, you are not in the mountains anymore.

[@samd.2207]

Agree with the others that say too much fertilizer.

[@Dranma51]

This is the first time I’ve used inoculator on my bean seeds and they’ve done fantastic! Good luck!

[@johnbrzenksforearm8295]

Tractor supply carries a weed free straw but you'll pay a premium for it. Beans are so cheap at the store I don't bother growing them. The flavor doesn't change either from my experience. I focus my energy on veggies that taste better or just aren't available locally that I want to try. If your beans putter out again I'd get your soil tested to see if it's pesticide or herbicide related.

[@chrismorgan6898]

You might want to try, Blood and Bone meal. Amend to soil once every 2-3 weeks. Also add worms to your soil. Worm castings, Blood and Bone meal are organic. Fertilizing too much is as bad as not enough. Your plants root system can only absorb so much. I use only the three mentioned for all my plants. Tomato, squash, berries etc.. Also for berries, i.e. blueberries, raspberries and blackberries, which like sour or acidic soil, soured milk works wonders. The beans you pulled, dig a deep hole in the bed and bury them. They will feed the new plants. Now for onions and garlic, use pot ash. Both like sweet soil. You are learning and doing a good job.

[@frank_III]

Spot on.

[@mcmanus747]

Hey guys, I would encourage you to read square foot gardening and see if it would work for you. We regularly plant over 300 plants in a 4x14 space and never have production problem. Also, our experience has been we’ve gotten bad seed when our plants have looked similar to yours. We now exclusively buy from Johnny’s Selected…love and enjoy you guys and your channel!

[@doloresrozman5612]

Loved sq.ft.gardening.

[@jeffmurdock2713]

When I plant my garden, I always give and dedicate it to God. He grows it and I take care of it. Cause without God we can't do nothing. God bless

[@sharonromer6606]

Good luck with this next bunch👍🤗

[@clydedecker765]

I'm thinking heat is the main problem and being shallow rooted, too much water in high heat can help upset the growth cycle. You could add a shade cloth to lessen the heat of the sun but they do need sun so keep an eye on them..

[@meharris0925]

I had a bed that had a little too much sand/rock in the soil mix. It was draining really well, much better than the others and my plants in there were struggling. Once I was able to pull some stuff, add some mushrooms compost and a couple of extra drip lines, it has now turned around and the plants in there are much better. Sometimes it is a fluke thing and you just regroup and replant. Good calll!

[@magnoliagrovehomestead]

Way over feeding guys. I grow contender bush every year. I add little goat manure and aged chicken manure when I plant, and that’s it. They’re not heavy feeders.

[@susieq2544]

Sandy soil, like in New Jersey, grows fabulous produce.

[@cherylemaybury9967]

You need to get some worm juice or worm castings. It’s the only thing I add to my soil and my garden grows so well. My soil was so depleted that nothing would grow so I added worm castings to it and watered with some worm juice a few times and problem was solved. It’s really amazing what it does for the garden.😊

[@DavidRobinson-mx6cl]

Have you done a soil test besides temperature since the new beds have been completed ? Might be a good idea !!!!! Just a thought my friends !!!!! Love the progress , keep it up !!!!!

[@jackie6582]

Hoping they take off👍😊

[@debramurphy4295]

Have you googled and found what you could companion plant with these greenbeans. Also have you thought to find a way to compost in place.

[@leattaslone1800]

I’m so sorry about your beans. I think sometimes it’s the seeds. Good job guys! God Bless you all!

[@glimmermomma4373]

Just laying here in the hospital after having a major heart attack!! Nothing like Sam and Angela to make my day!!

[@debradoucet8847]

Get well soon 🙏🙏

[@LosingDrea]

@@debradoucet8847 Get well soon 🙏

[@prairiepalmetto9378]

Hope you are feeling better each day!

[@michellejaggard9657]

You know Sam and Angela I replanted my green beans 4 times last year. Mine would come up and then die. I was so frustrated I pulled them all out of the raised bed for the third time and took my seeds to the front yard and planted them in the ground next to my potato bed. I didn't have much space there and very few seeds left but I got enough green beans for a few meals nothing like I expected, jars and jars of home canned beans but sometimes in gardening you win and some times you kind of limp home. Just remember keep the number on your fertilizer for nitrogen low, too much will stop groth of the plant. Good luck with the garden and blessings and prayers to all 4 of you, love you, MiChelle

[@dougmcnattin386]

I had trouble with to much sun. My carrots didnt work, green beans that didn't want to do more than sprout. Ended up with beans taking off but not like I thought. Turned out I had to give them a little shade. In fact my potatoes were shriveling up way to soon. I think it was the soil temperature and the newness of the soil. Like all new soil. It didn't have enough living in it yet. Not enough worms and insects loosening up the bedding. My next year was a lot better. Potatos were bigger. Beans actually made a couple quarts and the carrots were better but still small and deformed. To compacted soil. In fact every thing was 150% better the next year. I don't need the bird netting any more. Good luck, I'm sure you will get it. That is a good idea too. To have your local Tennasee Ag department analyze your soil. I'm in Illinois but we have that available to us.Have fun.

[@dezfan]

Necessary work. Nothing to do but to do it. 👍🏼

[@IWH777]

PLANT THE ONES YOU PULLED UP IN THE GROUND OUT BY THEMSELVES TO SEE IF THEY WILL COME OUT OF IT.... JUST A THOUGHT

[@jerrystout3032]

Black Low is very good 👍!!

[@larryschmitt2513]

Sam, another problem you have is your raised bed, the sun bakes the sides and they heat up requiring more water. We made our first three 3’ tall, the next three 12” tall because of that issue. We also use black woven garden fabric. Which really made the difference

[@heatheryoung9949]

Congratulations on 100k subscribers! You deserve it!

[@chrisp.76]

Watching you pull those plants makes me feel like I’m at a wake.

[@darrylmcleman6456]

Dandilions grow like weeds in my yard!!! viewing from westcoast Canada!

[@verreedoiron183]

Do you follow roots and refuge? They bought compost that was contaminated and night shades like tomatoes and peppers and beans too are greatly effected. The video will be in her last summer videos if you want to watch what she found and did

[@gaguy2]

I agree with that too.

[@evelynshaw3932]

I make my own fertilizer with fermented rice water and milk using they whey for watering. I use 1 ounce of it and mix with 1 gallon of water. My plants have improved 100 percent. I learned that on youtube with korean gardening. I also seen on youtube to improve and multiply your harvest with coper wire antennas. It's amazing.

[@dmcalais]

Good luck keep us posted !

[@joelbrown4110]

Consider that the steel sided raised beds may be contributing to the high soil temp issue. They are great to extend the growing season in spring and fall by a few weeks but summers are brutal.

[@jimdorsey1655]

Just ordered 4 8 in 1 tall beds monday. Waiting for delivery. Thank for all you do!

[@sam-and-angela]

Awesome! We love having these beds to work and use. Their height makes it fun even to pick out weeds! :)

[@tracyash4246]

Maybe you can set up a shade for the plants against the afternoon sun. About a 50% shade could really help

[@homesteader511]

All you need is to add blood meal and bone meal. And garden lime if your planting squash r tomatoes. I would suggest watching Hollis and nancy homestead it helped my garden

[@colleenrobison4070]

As an experiment I think I would transplant them in regular ground and see how they do. I’m thinking it’s the soil. I had similar experience with purchased soil.

[@jimdelong949]

Mmmm green beans. My favorite vegetable. Wishing you success on this second time around and you won't have to do the third time's a charm.😀

[@paulajones9956]

Have you thought about a shade cloth, build a frame over your container garden and spread it over, it will allow sunlight and keep the heat down on your plants

[@chesterossa]

Thank you!

[@dianebeckner884]

Wheat straw has lots of seeds. I used it years ago for mulch, and am still pulling up wheat grass from there.

[@celticfiddle7605]

Gardening is not easy. But we cannot give up.

[@VLBrander]

I had this problem after getting nursery soil. This is really a huge garden disaster right now. Grazon herbicide is in everything.

[@matthewoneal6194]

Yes roots and refuse had contaminated soil. Beans not grow and affected other vegetables.

[@HalfAssHomestead]

Those plants all had really healthy root systems developed, so I don't think I would have gave up on them after seeing the first one pulled out. They may not be super healthy, they just needed to be checked for other things missing. Beans need a lot of Nitrogen, but they also replace it into the soil as the plants die off.

[@nancyparker8363]

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again! Life is a journey of learning. Thank you for sharing the reality of growing plants in a new location!!

[@jesusislord2457]

That spray at the end is beefing! 🤗☮️💖🙏

[@gaguy2]

Sam, do a research on grazon weed killer. Framers use it for weed control, it doesn't hurt cows to eat it, but their manure will kill some things, Very possible you garden mix had just enough to kill beans

[@darleneclark6098]

I highly recommend calima bush beans from baker creek. Nice and tender, stringless, and heavy producers. I have some extra I can send you. We've been using black weed fabric around plants and cardboard and all natural wood chips on top of walk ways. It's definitely helping with moisture retention. But we're mostly gardening in ground this year.

[@constancewicks8579]

Just love you too are such a cute couple I just enjoy watching your videos someday I'm going to be able to be a member got to get a few things taken care of and then I will but you guys are doing so good

[@kathycortez232]

Sam and Angelia say a prayer over your beans ask God to bless them and tell them to grow I pray God blessed your beds a 100 fold hugs tyfs sharing

[@moonpie1616]

😮 Jack be nimble Jack be quick Jack pulled up all the beans Just for kicks

[@anthonymiller8979]

I planted two rows of different types of bush beans side by side. One type came up and are thriving, the others have not even germinated.

[@ruthjames4299]

I also used mushroom compost in one of my raised beds and found that my plants didn’t do so well - I think they were lacking nitrogen. I have since amended the soil and am finding much more success. Hopefully the beans you have just planted along with the soil amendments and the mulch will prove successful. 😊

[@carlaw2661]

I believe its alright and justvplant your seeds. No fertilizer is needed. Go for it!!

[@elainebuchka6533]

😂 Roll that Beautiful Bean Footage! One of My Favorite lines. Pray that's what you'll Both Be saying after Replanting & All the new Work..GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU!!

[@hollyhasegawa6095]

Oh wow, I have grown beans before but not in a raised bed, but I think you have figured it out, thanks for sharing the issues that are happening and I hope that things get better. Have a blessed and beautiful rest of your day, sending love and hugs, bye! 🤗😻👏👏🙌👍💜💜💜

[@steveh3550]

All over the place, gardeners have been having trouble, past couple years, with purchased soil being contaminated with various herbicides. Possible now you.... Plus, you likely don't need to fertilize for a couple years with what you've put in already. A soil test from a lab will give you nutrient levels. In my area, those tests are available from an agricultural college, $60 last time I had one done. Example: my test showed an overabundance of nitrogen. And that was definitely causing me poor tomato and cucumber crops in my home garden.

[@terryhenderson424]

Ypur metal beds in full sun maybe adding to your soil temps. Consider putting CORRELATED cardboard up side the exterior metal sides of your raised beds; 2" maybe 4" dead air space between cardboard and metal may help as well. You can sunshade the entire bed and the old school, cheap method is to use the thinnest, old bed sheet youve got over a central support; think out of the box for additional textile and repurposing ideas. Often 2 stable verticals and a rope the length of the bed or row was used similar to the old Boy Scout tarp tent. Hang the center of the sheet over the rope (or chicken/ hog wire tresslising) and pull the edges out to the desired, wider pitch. If you adopt the old school, farm and charming garden aesthetic you can use anything new or repurposed to expierment with. Then you can chose to upscale into a "traditional garden" aestheic with less variance, more repetition, things lined or alighned up, and purchased things; or scrounged and diy but with a less eclectic look.

[@triciajoslin4151]

Hi guys have you tried giving your carrots you could have an iron deffecincy in your carrots

[@Marshas_Journey]

Boil some eggs, with NO salt, let water cool. Water your plants with that. It’s good for plants. You can also use your cooled off coffee grounds to put on your soil. I’m not sure if used tea bags help . After they cool off. Just some ideas for you. There’s also something that egg shells do for plants.

[@alashley5599]

a soil innoculant is very important to enable beans to fix nitrogen.

[@roberto.peterson9917]

Mulch for soil may help but may want to consider sun screen so not to cook leaves when first start to emerge

[@gonzalezpandura]

I had a hard time this year. Planted 27 tomato plant 3 different verities and 12 broccoli green and purple. All died but one tomato plant and 2 broccoli left . I did replant and nothing came back. Hope yall have better luck. Think I'll try containers like yall have next time.

[@lyndabuchholz1216]

My beans did that too and it turned out to have herbicide in the soil. I saw a video that showed a person using bagged soil that had herbicide in it too. Having it tested would be a good thing. I have been adding charcoal to try to get rid of the herbicide. So far I am still having troubles and it has been 2 years.

[@steventhomas7752]

I always enjoy y’all’s journey(s). Be aware there is a lot of suspicious stuff going on with purchased soil - even with black kow.

[@Hollybank5]

Well , that was sad to see … limp pole beans 🫘 😫. I guess the old saying of “ location , location, location “ takes on a whole new meaning when planting in a different state 😮 !!! This time around will be the charm ❤🙏❤️. I’m looking forward to seeing the new garden soul gadget up close with Sam !!