My speckled Butter bean plants aren't producing any beans but they are really healthy plants.
Too much nitrogen fertilizer will prevent pods from setting and focuses more on producing foliage growth. Heat can also be a factor, making pollination more difficult. This article might help: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/beans/bean-blossoms-no-pods.htm
My plants are big and beautiful. They also have flowers, but no beans. They have been this way for weeks. Why are they not producing beans?
Too much nitrogen fertilizer will prevent pods from setting and focuses more on producing foliage growth. Heat can also be a factor, making pollination more difficult. This article might help: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/beans/bean-blossoms-no-pods.htm
My bush butter bean pods did not fill out. Please tell me why.
This can be attributed to a number of things, such as poor pollination, irregular watering, or the use of nitrogen fertilizer. A lack of pollinators can cause beans plants too produce less or develop poorly. Plants also need additional watering once they begin blooming. Since these are nitrogen-fixing plants, they do not need fertilizer, with exception to a side dressing of compost, if desired. An abundance of nitrogen will cause little to no flowering and poor pod development - adding some bone meal (phosphorus) can help offset high nitrogen content and encourage flowering/pod growth.
Additionally, if pods are harvested too early, they will not have finished their growth and the beans inside will be far too small.
What fertilizer should I be using to grown butter beans. For the last two years I have had all bush and very little beans that ever matured. We keep our garden watered and everything else did fine.
All plant and no beans could indicate an excess of Nitrogen in the soil.
I would suggest a soil test to determine your soil content.
These links have more information.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/soil-fertilizers/too-much-nitrogen-soil.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/soil-fertilizers/testing-soil.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/beans/growing-butter-beans-in-your-garden.htm
My willow leaf beans have a wine red disease covering the leaves.Tried daconin and neem oil no improvement.Will eventually turn yellow and die
It sounds like your beans are infected with Anthracnose.
Dispose of the infected plants and you should crop rotate.
This link has more information.
Do you need to soak them before planting in ground? I have speckled butter beans, okra, polebeans, squash
Soaking is a great way to jump start your seeds.
Here is an article with more info.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/propagation/seeds/soaking-seeds.htm
same result.. Is this normal?? I plant seeds 1ft apart, and grow on 6ft trellis - they become a thick mass of vines & runners with few beans.
It sounds like there is too much nitrogen in the soil. If you feed beans, you should only feed them potassium and phosphorus. This will help with bean production. When it starts getting above 80, beans will almost stop producing all together. You can get around this by planting in shade during the afternoon during the hot season.
This collection of articles will give you all of the information you could need on beans: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/beans