Re: Soy beans: more questions
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Pat,
The inoculant isn't 100% necessary. You can grow them as you would a
non-legume but just make sure the fertility is high. Beans do use quite a
bit of nitrogen if they're not fixing it themselves. I doubt very much the
Rhizobia for soybean will be found in your soil but you never know. But,
like I said, it's not necessary to grow soybeans.
The website for West Coast Seeds is www.westcoastseeds.com Soybeans are
listed under bush beans
I'm surprised you can't find them in the Territorial catalogue . Now I have
to go find mine & see what happened.
Arzeena
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----- Original Message -----
From: pdanielak <pdanielak@bluecrab.org>
To: <veggie-list@eskimo.com>
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 3:21 PM
Subject: Soy beans: more questions
> Hi,
> I have a couple more questions about growing soy beans:
>
> Is the inoculant necessary?
>
> Ann, was there any particular reason for the raised bed? Do the plants
need
> to be well-drained?
>
> I didn't find any soy beans in Territorial's catalog (at least, not under
> "beans".) Is there a number or web address for Thompson & Morgan or West
> Coast Seeds? I will also look into rareseeds.com
>
> Thanks again,
> Pat
> Zone 7, Maryland
>
>
>
>
> At 12:11 PM 2/17/2000 EST, you wrote:
> >Hi Pat -
> >
> >I grew soy beans last summer in my zone 7 garden (Pacific Northwest) and
had
> >a bumper crop. They grew quite quickly from seed in a raised bed. I
bought
> >the soy bean innoculant from Nichols catalogue and will grow them again
this
> >year. Boiled and lightly salted they are terrific as a snack.
> >
> >Ann in Washington
> >
> >
> >
>
>
