Technical Abstract: Nitrogen loss can be a serious problem to vegetable growers in flood prone areas. A greenhouse study was conducted to determine the effects of nitrogen application method on recovery from flood damage in green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris). There were three fertilizer treatments:1) normal - 2 N applied preplant, 2 applied at flowering, 2) liquid - daily liquid applications with irrigation water, and 3) foliar - normal fertility treatment plus two foliar spray treatments applied after flooding. Plants were flooded to 1 cm above the soil surface for two or four days then allowed to drain and grow under normal greenhouse conditions. At harvest there were few significant differences in physical characteristics between the fertility treatments. However, the liquid treatment tended to out perform the normal and foliar fertility treatments. From planting through recovery from flooding (Day 45) the liquid fertility treatment tended to maintain chlorophyll levels either equal to controls or above those of the foliar and normal treatments. The liquid treatment tended to have a net photosynthetic rate higher than the other fertility treatments and recovered faster and to a higher level after flooding. The 2-d liquid treatment appeared to have a more dense root system and a larger leaf area, these plants probably resisted flood damage longer and were in a better position to recover from injury. This likely resulted in the 2-d liquid producing a higher pod FW than the other treatments. Daily liquid fertility treatments (fertigation) may be an acceptable strategy to mitigate certain effects of flood damage to beans.