This is the adjacent bed with the good tomatoes--seriously with sun angle they do not shade the corn..I just had to redirect their growth

corn needs a lot of N yellow color is an good indicator of lack of N or being too wet. not sure what blood meal % of N or the size of your patch. when I grow sweet corn I apply the equivalent of 250 lbs of actual N / acre applied at differ growth stages

The fact that the beans are yellow tells me something other than fertility is wrong with that bed. Maybe it holds more water than you think. I wouldn't water it again until the surface is dry.

I will actually let it dry out some - nitrogen and water were my only two concerns. I have grown beans before and wondered about too much nitrogen but this is my first go with corn...And I do remember it doing quite well on crusty red clay.

It is odd, though. The soil in the bed is homogneous and the other side is nice and green. My fertilizing was done by hand, however, not mixed in with the soil. Blood Meal is 13-0-0 but I also used some Epsoma Bio tone starter plus 4-3-3. There is a mix of worm castings, puchased compost, and native soil, and i had to actually bring the pH down (the cow manure was very alkaline) -- but everything else in the other beds is thriving.

If all else fails, it may be deficient in magnesium or iron.

Iron, perhaps. Magnesium -Everybody gets an Epsom salts foliar spray every two weeks..I am just going to hold on the water first - one thing at a time - since the other beds are fine and it is basically the same soil. ..........thanks for all the ideas.

are you adding N to the beans? they fix N and don't need additional N. Blood meal on the soil surface will attract animal pest. It would take a little more than a ton / acre of blood meal to equal 250 # lbs of actual N. bio tone, about 3 ton. An acre is 43500 sq feet. I am not a fan of foliar spray. Feed the soil and let the soil feed the plant is my thought. Also your applied compost could be tying up the N as they break down. Soil test this fall and find out where your soil is on nutrients

Definitely...I may rip out and retest...the manure is Brown Kow...same as in my other bed so I'm sure it's very well composted....two feet thick of a mix of local soil,worm castings, compost and pH adjusted 7. it is sitting on clay but that is 2 feet down.this thing drains very well....even full force with a hose I don't get standing water on the top not even for a few seconds...I just think if it was holding too much water my peppers would be having issues cuz they don't like soggy feet one bit...since the majority of the issue seems to be on the one side of the bed I guess maybe there was a mixing issue and I may just rip out the plants in that side and have the soil tested. Here is a close up of an impacted corn and bean leaf....

sounds like you have several issues going on. Mulching with hardwood may be tying up nutrients. Black Cow manure is just a designer brand that just cost more. You may want to plant a crop that is growing good in another bed and see what results you get in this bed.

Great idea. Oh the Black Kow is the cheapest they sell. I can put in a pepper (drainage) and a tomato (heavy feeder) and compare...meanwhile I will pull a sample for testing. Strange though how it is only in part of the bed.

Well, with a heavy dose of organic fertilizer, things seem to be perking up. Set me back - but even the beans are greening up. I think maybe they had not established their nitrogen fixation and needed a start. Gave fertilizer with beneficial bacteria.