something eating greenbeans

I have something eating my greenbeans from under ground ,does anybody have any ideas what it is?

I also had the same problem. I asked my seed supplier and he said it sounded like slugs. They mostly ate the beans that laid on the ground. Slug control methods are generally ineffective, but can be somewhat useful in small gardens. These include beer traps, diatomaceous earth, crushed eggshells, coffee grounds, and copper. Salt can dehydrate and kill slugs by causing water to leave the slug's body owing to osmosis. I have yet to try these methods. Also iron phosphate baits are sometimes used where pets might get into the bait.

I planted green beans for the first time this year and noticed today something is also feasting on the leaves. After exhausting online research today I thought it might be slugs. For the last 17 years I've had a small garden and over 40 varieties of hostas without ever having a slug problem and didn't think they were the culprits. One site suggested going out after dark with a flashlight and looking for slugs. I found many tiny ones on and around the beans and on some of the hostas. As a temporary measure I filled a large spray bottle with warm water, dish soap and a lot of salt and sprayed the beans down really good. It killed every slug I sprayed and hopefully I didn't damage the plants. I imagine my neighbors will tease me for traipsing around after dark looking for bugs in my pajamas. Tomorrow I'm off to the store to get a much recommended product called Sluggo.

are you talking about cutting the plants down if so you may have lil critters cutworms,grubbs , moles . some thing of that sort . if its in one area put a few of the rat glue pads out inthe area after the dew has set then check it in the mornin you will find the varmit that has been feasting on your green beans . and know what to do. good luck Bro/ Sis .

AbbyKidabby, How did the beans fare? I would have thought the salt would kill them as well, but maybe you're on to something:).
I'm always looking for new, non-toxic (for humans and pets) alternatives.

les us know what you found out Abbs were on edge LOL it might help others on here too

I felt a little cruel doing the salt thing and melting the slugs but after a couple of days of doing this I haven't seen a single slug. It didn't seem to harm the hostas and beans. I think the salt solution may have dripped on the ground since I used a lot of it and maybe that helped keep them away or the soap made them sick. I doubt the soap brand matters but I used green Palmolive because it's what I had a free coupon for! The poor beans were about the height of my finger when I first did it and some leaves were almost completely gone. Now they are about 12" tall and full of healthy leaves with no holes. I just came back in from doing a pajama/flashlight run and didn't see a slug anywhere. If this works for anyone else, let us know.

Update: Haven't seen a slug since and the green beans finally took off and are thriving. Looking back, I'm not so sure I would try this on the hostas again since some of the leaves died. Don't know if this was the cause but even with dozens of varieties of hostas I don't want to take the chance of losing a single one. I'd prefer not using chemicals but next year I may have to try the Sluggo. I gave the canister to a friend and it eradicated all evidence of slugs on her hostas.

I've successfully used Sluggo Plus and coffee beans to deter slugs. Today I learned that firefly larvae eat slugs and snails! YAY!

Cool! Another reason to love Lightning Bugs. And there are many this year :)

I'm jealous of all your lightning bugs, I wish we had them on the west coast!