Aside from chicken poo what is a good fertilizer for bush beans?

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Ooops! What I said about S.C. was for NCcounrty girl.
Maybe you can used a watered tea with out aging...But I'm not sure on that. :watering



BTW, My son lives across the lake from Charlotte, in Lake, Wylice S.C. Beautiful Country!! :frow
 

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I've been using "miracle grow" beans grow like crazy.
Have no idea of ingredients being good or not, lol
but it works :D:D
 

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If you start with good soil, with lots of compost dug in , beans usually don't need any fertilizer, as they usually fix nitrogen themselves. If they are really yellow, you could try a liquid fish fertilizer, as it's low in nitrogen, and organic.

Rotate your bean crops in the garden every year, if you have room. I find that most crops do well in the year following, where I had beans growing. I think that is because of the nitrogen the beans roots fix on them, make it readily available, for the next plant.
 

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nccountrygirl said:
The title says it all...Thanks in advance
Hey Laura, i put mushroom manure around my bush beans this year, (i didn't even know a shroom had a bumm), anywho, all i want to know at this point is when do these dang beans STOP producing ?!?!?!?!? it's like every day ......
"it's yer turn to pick beans today "
" no it aint, i did it yesterday"
"nu uh, i did it and my back still hurts from it, it's YOUR turn "
You git the point.
 

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Bush beans or any other type of beans actually don't need very much fertilizer. Regular garden soil will be fine. Just make sure that the soil is well drained. :)
 

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Well, start building up that soil with lots of compost then! It will improve the drainage and help the plants grow better.
 

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I have clay soil too - my bush beans are okay since I dug about 6 inches down mixed the clay with some compost/clay soil amender and made about a 2 in raised bed. I only have 6 plants and I get about a serving's worth per plant every other week. It's not much, but I also started wayyy late :D
 
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