Bean 'Soybean-Edamame'

Edamame has become a familiar snack item in American restaurants, and bags of frozen edamame can be found in most grocery stores. Soybeans are actually an easy summer crop, similar to growing other legumes, and usually mature in about 10 weeks. Hairy pods should be harvested when the pods are 2 - 3 inches long and the seeds are quite plump. Yellowed pods are past their prime for eating fresh and can be left to dry, to be planted next year.

Common Name: Edamame

Culinary Uses: Steam or boil fresh pods, remove seeds to be eaten as a snack, or in salads/stir-fries.

Harvest Time: 75 days from planting. Pods are plump and seeds are distinct.

Mature Size: 12" - 36" tall

Growth Rate: Fast

Cold Hardiness: Frost-tender annual°

Characteristics: Nitrogen-fixer. Don't plant in same place where edamame, beans, or peas were previously planted.

Light:

• Full Sun

Structure: Upright

Photos: Real images, not stock photos

Please Note: When Ground Shipping is selected, plants will be shipped on the following Monday to help maintain the plant quality.