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Went out of town on Thursday. Came back today to lots of yellow pears, 3 ripe romas, 2 other ripe large tomatos, 2 HUGE cucumbers and of course the never ending jalapenos....

Made some yummy jalapeno salsa. :-)

I have a question for everyone, my green beans have been a total failure so far. So far, only one long bean and that was weeks ago. I have several other bean plants that grew about a foot this weekend while I was away, but no beans. Lots of flowers, just no beans.

I also have several ears of corn almost ready to pick. Yum...

If you’ve had large temperature fluctuations as most of us have had this season, or it’s been cooler than normal, especially at night, then that would effect your bean pollination and production.

I have enough to pick tomorrow, but they’re still blooming their heads off with less production than usual. It’s been downright COLD here some evenings this summer, rain or overcast days, little heat and less sun than normal.

Everyone’s having problems with one thing or another this season, which IS pretty normal, all things considered. ;)

The only peppers I have that ARE producing are the Mucho Nacho jalapenos. A few Corno de Toro on, and a few Fat-n-Sassy, but the plants are really struggling. They want sun and HEAT, Baby, and it’s beyond my control to give that to them. :(

I've never seen beans not produce .... except for the obvious drought condtions or some other mechanical issue. (rabbits) The only disease I know that is prevalent, and it is not the norm is anthracnose. I have read that if soil has tooo much nitrogen, beans will limit production, but again I think that is almost an extreme. We got back from Vegas a week ago and finally got some much needed rain. The beasns wer just starting to set .. 1- 2" long when we left. I picked almost a 5 gallon bucket of beans off two 20 ft rows this evening. Also, for those that have followed my potato in buckets notes, I dumped one 5 gallon bucket this evening and pulled about 7 lbs of 2" diameter "new potatoes" from it. Yukon Gold. Fresh bell peppers, green beans, tomatoes and "new potatoes" tossed with olive oil, garlic, onion and salt and pepper and roasted on the grill with a pork loin alongside makes all those manhours worth while. This round boy (the incredible bulk) is going to have trouble bending over and picking maters tomorrow.