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Edamame Envy

Edamame Envy

  • Features: You will be growing a nutritional powerhouse when you plant edamame in your garden. Easy to grow. Also referred to as "green vegetable soybeans".
  • Maturity: 75-85 days. Plant size 61-76cm (24-30").
  • Light: Plant in full sun.
  • Soil and water: Edamame does well in many different soil types. It does best in well drained soil. Work in somemature compost.
  • Spacing: Space plants 30-46cm (12-18") apart in rows 50-90cm (20-36") apart.
  • Height: Grows 60cm (2') in height.
  • Garden use: Plant in vegetable garden or raised beds.
  • Growing tips: Feed regularly.
  • Culinary use: Tasty cooked vegetable or use in salads or eat as a snack. Boil fresh in the pod at green stage. After boiling remove beans from pod to eat. Or leave to mature and use as a dry, bright green bean. Exceptional quality and yields.
Harvest edamame when the beans in the pod are 80-90% expanded or when the leaves have changed from bright green to a slight yellowish-green colour.  Handpick pods with at least two beans per pod and select pods which are only bright green in colour. Avoid picking any yellowish or blemished pods. Wash pods to remove any soil.  Pods can be refrigerated for up to a week or blanch them for 2-3 minutes in boiling water and freeze them loose in zip-locked bags for later eating throughout the winter.

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