Bean plants and zucchini plants wilting and dying - Ask Extension
What could have caused my bean plants and zucchini plants to wilt and die. They had been looking good and then just wilted. I am wondering if there is...
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Bean plants and zucchini plants wilting and dying #877177
Asked July 14, 2024, 4:18 PM EDT
What could have caused my bean plants and zucchini plants to wilt and die. They had been looking good and then just wilted. I am wondering if there is something in the soil I should try to kill so it doesn’t happen next year. They are close to a black walnut tree but I thought beans and zucchini weren’t affected.
Hennepin County Minnesota
Expert Response
A soil test would show if fertilizer is needed.
https://soiltest.cfans.umn.edu/
A soil contaminate would have a longer term affect, not sudden.
If the plants were healthy and then suddenly wilted, look for some recent cause like herbicide drift if someone sprayed. Have insects attacked the plants? Check the stems for damage. Or a fungus disease. Review these bean and zuccini problems.
https://apps.extension.umn.edu/garden/diagnose/plant/vegetable/summersquash/leaveswilting.html
https://apps.extension.umn.edu/garden/diagnose/plant/vegetable/snapbean/leaveswilt.html
https://soiltest.cfans.umn.edu/
A soil contaminate would have a longer term affect, not sudden.
If the plants were healthy and then suddenly wilted, look for some recent cause like herbicide drift if someone sprayed. Have insects attacked the plants? Check the stems for damage. Or a fungus disease. Review these bean and zuccini problems.
https://apps.extension.umn.edu/garden/diagnose/plant/vegetable/summersquash/leaveswilting.html
https://apps.extension.umn.edu/garden/diagnose/plant/vegetable/snapbean/leaveswilt.html
