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Cobra beans

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  Posted by bravebertiesmum (U13656781) on Friday, 20th May 2011

  I started a last batch of Cobra climbing French beans in the greenhouse on 9 May and they are all looking good except for one which has come through looking stunded and damaged. Could something in the compost have got to it before it poked through? Just asking because I haven't seen it before.
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  Posted by Engineer (U3135859) on Saturday, 21st May 2011

  It's probably just a genetic variation (mutation.) This sort of thing happens much more commonly than we realise, but we rarely see it as any mutation often kills the plant during or soon after germination.
  If it was something in the compost, it might recover once planted out, but if it doesn't, just pull it up. If several plants were affected, I'd suspect some chemical or disease etc in the compost, but with just one, it sounds like nature just doing her behind-the-scenes work. Nothing to worry about.
  Cheers -- Bob

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  Posted by bogus the fungi man (U14705597) on Saturday, 21st May 2011

  It could also be a reaction to pest damage such aphid attack. Growing tips are susceptible to attack and react accordingly. If you find any evidence then you can treat the pest and the plant should eventually recover.

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