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everything going wrong
dodo
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in Fruit & veg
hello i am trying to grow green runner beans in pots and in ground for first time hence the 2 locations. i grew them from seed in little seed pots the waited till they were uite high and put them out for few days to aclimatize, then planted properly now they all have yellow leaves and some are quite dead, what is going wrong\?
also i followed instructions from this site how to do and tried to start cuttings off my lavender and that also looks terrible what am i doing wrong any advise will be appreciated very despondant not so green fingers 
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I suspect you didn't harden them off properly for the beans, they take a week to 14 days to harden off properly and in a semi shaded position, before planting out. As for the lavender cuttings what are trying to root them in and it's only now I'm thinking of taking lavender cuttings and looking for the new non flowering shoots.
Maybe they didn't build up enough root system, you grew them in little seed pots, runners have long roots best grown in root trainers or if you don't want to go to any expense you can use toilet roll tubes or deep polystyrene cups. One in each.
They need to be about twelve inches tall before you harden them off over two weeks, even then it may be cold at nights. They need to be watered when they first go in the ground.
Did you dig a trench and fill it with compost, veg peelings, grass etc.
Lavender cuttings, I can't do those either, but I have a complete packet of seeds germinated. Don't beat yourself up over failures, we all had them when we were learning. You will find the best way to do things.
I have grown runner beans in toilet roll inners for a couple of years now with a varying degree of success, I found that by starting them off in April it could take three or four weeks for the plants to show and then the growth could be quite slow. This year I just planted the seeds direct in the ground at the end of May and now they are showing above ground and looking healthy. I won't bother with the toilet rolls again.
thanks for the advise ,it may be the root system as the first reply also i didnt harden them for 14 daays oh well you live and learn . thanks for the replies
Plant them direct in the soil now, you might still have some success.
ok ill give it a go cheers