Re: Soy beans
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- Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 07:53:12 -0800
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Pat,
Green soybeans, eaten as a snack, are known as Edamame (Japanese). I loved
eating them when I used to live in Thailand. They're boiled, salted, and
they're addictive as peanuts.
Soybeans do require a lot of heat although harvesting them green, you can
get away with growing them even in more marginal areas. If you can grow any
type of sweet corn, you can grow edamame.
The yield isn't that great, however. Maybe 4-6 pods per plant so be sure to
plant plenty. They need very warm soil to germinate so you might want to
start them indoors. Also, being a legume, they can fix their own nitrogen
if you give them the proper inoculant. This is not the same inoculant used
with peas or fava beans. You need a totally different species of Rhizobia.
I think Territorial is the only company so far that markets the proper
inoculant.
Territorial Seeds has a couple of soybean varieties, I believe, as does
Thompson & Morgan. I get mine locally from West Coast Seeds. I use the
variety Early Hakucho since our summers are so cool.
Arzeena
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----- Original Message -----
From: pdanielak <pdanielak@bluecrab.org>
To: <veggie-list@eskimo.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 7:03 AM
Subject: Soy beans
> Hi,
>
> I have recently discovered soy beans as a veggie. I bought a package from
a
> natural foods store, sold frozen as "sweet beans".
>
> I haven't heard/read any discussion of home growing of soy beans, or seen
> any seeds in catalogs. Has anyone grown soy beans? Any information would
be
> appreciated.
>
> Pat
> Zone 7, Delmarva
>
>
