For two years I have been trying to raise king of the garden butterbeans with no luck. Garden has rich sandy loam soil , seeds are planted by the old farmer almanac. The bean vines grow 12/14 ft high on cane poles with lots and lots of blooms, but no bean pods what is wrong?Rector Arkansas

For some reason, your beans are not getting pollinated. I don't know why as beans are self-pollinating. Are you using beans from the same packet every year? Or buying new beans?

I have an ideal to try. Tomatoes are also self pollinating. If tomatoes are not setting. In the early morning you go to each cluster of flowers, and give them a little flick with your finger. That pollinates them.
So ! It would make since, if you gave your pole of butterbeans a good shake, it would pollinate them also.
Worth a try, i say.
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@imhynds , when did you plant your butterbeans? It may be that the weather has been too hot for them, in which case they may start producing as the weather gets cooler.