Re: green soy beans (edamame)
- To: r*@california.com
- Subject: Re: green soy beans (edamame)
- From: T* C*
- Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 04:01:06 +0000
At 01:27 PM 2/10/00 -0800, you wrote:
>I'm wondering if anyone in the S.F. Bay area (Berkeley) has
>successfully grown edamame, the green soy beans eaten as a
>snack in Japan. I love them and can't find an organic source
>so I'd like to try growing them. I'm surprised that I
>haven't found the seeds in any local nursery. Johnny's seed
>catalog has them and, I think, Territorial Seed Company.
>
>But--I don't want to order them unless I know that they will
>grow in this climate because I'm not ordering any other
>seeds and the postage would cost me as much as the seeds.
>
>Barbara
>
>I don't know if this helps: I grew soy beans about 25 years ago in
southern Massachusetts from beans that I got from a California seed (mostly
Japanese) company called Kitazawa. They also had those great cucumbers.
Catalog:
Kitazawa Seed Co.
1748 Laine Street
Santa Clara, CA 95051-3012
Tom Chakas
