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| I am growing edamame for the first time this year (MoonCake PVP from Southern Exposure). They have been growing well all summer and are now about 5-6 feet tall. A few bunches of small flat pods just appeared today. My question- Does anyone have experience with roughly how long it will take them to be ready to pick from this point? Everything I've read says to watch them carefully because they can get woody if you wait too long, but they don't give a range of days for how long that might take. I'm going to be out of town for two weeks with my parents house-sitting. My mom will water for me and pick ripe tomatoes but she is a self-proclaimed "plant killer" and she's afraid to do anything else. I'm hoping someone here can give me an estimate so I know if they might take a full two weeks to be ready or if I need to enlist my sister to come and pick them while I'm gone. Most of the plants do NOT yet have pods, just flowers. Maybe two-three plants have a few clusters of almost completely flat baby pods. Any experience with timing? Thanks! |
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- Posted by farmerdill (My Page) on Thu, Aug 7, 14 at 14:45
| I don't grow the very often and I am not familiar with that variety. I grew Tohya this year and it took about a month from flowers to edible pods. |
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| No way to insure it as there are simply too many variables but from what I have read Group VI (your variety) is approx. 2.5 to 3 weeks between pod formation and maturity. However if your plants are already 6' tall something is out of whack (likely insufficient sun or over-crowding) and that will delay them more. See article below for more details and all the variables that affect it. Dave |
Here is a link that might be useful: Soybean Growth and Development
This post was edited by digdirt on Thu, Aug 7, 14 at 15:53
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- Posted by farmerdill (My Page) on Thu, Aug 7, 14 at 16:07
| Good article, but it is for oil soybeans not edamame. Tohya also gets a bout 12-18 inches at maturity. |
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- Posted by BlueSwimmer 7a (My Page) on Fri, Aug 8, 14 at 12:07
| Thanks for the information! All I need is two weeks so it looks like I might make it home in time to harvest them. Dig dirt- according to Southern Exposure, Moon Cake is unusually tall and 5-6 feet is normal. They seem really healthy. I can't wait for steamed edamame and a beer! |
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