Will they grow back?

jinksd1 · June 2011

We put in a garden this year and planted a lot of things. Then squirrels (we think) came along and ate a bunch of it. Some things are obviously a total loss, but I'm not sure about the green beans.

Both the pole beans and bush beans (I planted both) had all the leaves stripped off last week, but the stems were left intact. They were all under a foot tall when this happened. Now this week they are starting to grow tiny new leaves at the tops of the stems. Does this mean they have a chance of recovering and bearing beans, or should I write them off and replant them?

Obviously, we're taking measures to protect the plants from this point forward. We should have done that to begin with, but didn't get to it in time.

gbtc01 · June 2011

The may come back. I dont know for sure but I will say I thought the house painters killed my columbine last year when they squished it with some bricks but it is now growing through the bricks and somehow survived being completly covered up. So I would say anything is possible.

GRsweetpea · June 2011

Columbine will come back year after year - especially if they're reseeding.

Beans are different. I would probably put one or two new plants in, and keep an eye on the chewed up ones.

Roccityhottie · June 2011

I have a huge problem with deer, and last year they ate all the leaves and even down to the stems just a couple inches from the ground of my pepper plants, and they came back, even after they did it again. So I would wait it out with all your plants for a couple weeks, if they die get rid of them, but if they stay green keep em, they will probably come back.

iloveu4ever · June 2011

Might come back

jinksd1 · June 2011

Thanks! I think I'll leave them for now. After a week, they clearly aren't dead, so there's hope.

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