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Chiba Green Soybean (Glycine max) is perfect for picking fresh as edamame. This heirloom produces a reliable crop of pods that usually bear 3 plump seeds. This compact, upright soybean is easy to harvest and perfect for small gardens.
Soybeans originate from Asia and offer many delicious and nutritional uses. Great fresh or dried.
Sow directly outside 1-2 weeks after last frost, when soil has warmed to 65° or more. Plant in a sunny location with well-draining soil, spacing seeds out 4-6" apart. Harvest beans in the green edamame stage or wait until the beans have dried completely.
Chiba Green Soybean Seeds Growing Details | |
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Botanical Name | Glycine Max |
Plant Spacing | 4-6” |
Planting Depth | 1” |
Spread | 12-16” |
Height | 1-3’ |
Germination Temp | 65-75 °F |
Light Required | Full Sun |
Life Cycle | Annual |
Days to Germination | 10-14 Days |
Days to Maturity | 65-75 Days |
Planting Zone | 3-10 |
Yield | High |
Growth Rate | Moderate |
Growing Season | Spring - Fall |
Harvest Season | Fall |
Edamame are green soybeans that have been harvested before they mature.
These immature soybeans are tender and have a sweet, slightly nutty taste.
This variety of soybean plants are determinate. They grow into bushes of a smaller, fixed size. These plants produce most of their fruit all at once and have a shorter window for harvesting.
Indeterminate soybean plants grow taller than determinate varieties. They also grow in height even after flowering. These plants have fruit that sets throughout the growing season.
Chiba green soybeans are self pollinating, meaning they do not need outside sources for fruit production.
The flowers of chiba green soybeans have everything needed to pollinate themselves. Bees and other pollinators may visit their flowers to collect nectar and spread pollen, but it is not necessary for the beans' production.
Leave the bean pods on your plant until the beans rattle inside the pod. Separate the pods from the beans inside. Let the beans dry in a cool environment, and store them to plant again next season.