General information and discussion about cultivating beans, peas, peanuts, clover and vetch.
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June 15, 2016 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2016
Location: PA
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Edamame!
I have an edamame pod on my plant! This is my first year gardening and my daughters love edamame so I planted some. Glad to see they are going to produce
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June 15, 2016 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Near Philadelphia, PA
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Hope you have only two daughters! (One seed each!)
Oh, I see more flowers in there coming along! What variety are you growing? |
June 15, 2016 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2016
Location: PA
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Just a generic edamame plant by Bonnie.
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June 15, 2016 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2016
Location: PA
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Better produce more than just this! There are definitely more flowers ready to bud. Doesn't mature until early August.
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July 1, 2016 | #5 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2016
Location: PA
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Something ate both my edamame plant tonight. Pods, leaves and most of the stem, I'm so ★★★★ed. Even ate 1/3 of my carrot tops that were cruising along nicely. Finally installing a smaller bird netting style fence over the top and attached to the current fence around the outside.
So bummed, all that hard work just to feed a chipmunk/squirrel/raccoon. |
July 2, 2016 | #6 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: 6a
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I'm suffering from a grasshopper invasion. They go after my edamame plants more than anything else in my garden.
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July 2, 2016 | #7 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Wisconsin
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Soybeans are like candy to most herbivores; I had little need for fences until I began growing edamame. Rabbits would pass everything else without damage, and mow the soybeans to the ground. Deer & ground hogs would eat the soybeans first, then nibble on something else. Fencing is pretty much a necessity when you grow soybeans, unless your intent is just to feed the wild life.
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July 2, 2016 | #8 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Kansas
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Exciting times.
Knowing that the wildlife love it so much, I wonder if I planted some of that as a sacraficial crop if the stinking rabbits would leave the rest of my garden alone. |
July 3, 2016 | #9 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Near Philadelphia, PA
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PA_Wolf, sorry to hear about your plant.
Isabelle, I suspect you would just have more rabbits! |
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