Wondering if this happened because when I reconstructed my rotted wooden raised beds this season (and replaced with cinderblock) I needed additional soil so to save time I purchased 20 bags of organic gardening soil (which had a great amount of peat moss content) and mixed it with my existing growing soil. The only thing is that I don't know if I oriented each sprouting bean the correct way when I pushed it back in the soil.

Err beans don't normally get hand placed in the correct orientation. They're vigorous and hardy ! You probably planted too shallowly.

actually I planted according to the instructions....2 inches deep

My first thought is that earthworms have been busy!

Seeds can push themselves out of the soil when they germinate, absolutely. And a downpour can dislodge them, too. But ask any farmer what moves the most seeds and earthworms is often the answer.

Here's a discussion from last year; the imbedded video link is still good.

My guess would be birds plucked them out.

Rodney

Well, of course the first leaves in beans are embedded in the seed. So the roots will head downwards, and the first leaves, still partly embedded in the bean seed, will pop up. So I expect to see bean seeds pop up when the plant germinates, but they're attached to the root which should be embedded in the soil.

Or do you mean the beans, with the root sticking out all popped up on top of the soil? Could be that the rain dislodged the roots, but again, the bean itself ought to be headed skyward.

Looks like the rain dislodged some of them (exposing the root) making me think the others all experienced the same thing. Here's a photo of two of them today. These appear to be normal, right?

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I would guess that they are just popping up through the soil on their way out with the stem/1st leaves. Did you notice with your first batch that the bean kind of popped out and then leaves opened up with it? It took a very long time for the 1st planting of my 274's to do that, but the 2nd & 3rd took under a week because of the warmer weather.

Maybe I'm just making these observations because during the early season I never typically check my garden every single day. By the time I check on the beans they're usually about 6" tall. The only reason I've been micro-managing is because not a single 274 came up when all of the Rocdors did. The ones in the photo I posted today are not 274s (I forget the type) though I did plant another batch of the 274s at the same time as this batch. For some reason I can't get the 274s to germinate.

OK, so I was misinterpreting what was happending. However still doesn't explain why my 274s are not coming up while the others have no issue.

soak your beans in water overnight

Ed o