Entada gigas Sea pea

Hey guys I recently bought a
Entada gigas seed
Worlds biggest legume apparently
To have a go at growing anyone else ever grown one ?

 

Yep, I bought three seeds must be 20yrs ago, still got the biggest one, never sowed it, apparently they are supposed to bring you luck.
Well I'm still breathing.

I sowed the other two, I think only one germinated and to be honest the resulting plant was a bit of a let down, quite scrawny really for such a big seed.

They are also pretty much tropical so they need real heat in winter to just survive.

 

Richard - that's an amazing seed. Do let us know how you get on.

I have never grown Entada, but I am growing a smaller relation - Mucuna sempervirens. It's also known as a Sea Bean as, like Entada, it grows on river banks and can drop its similar shaped (but smaller) seeds into the river, where they can float down to the sea and get washed up months later thousands of miles away. Also, like Entada, it's a massive climbing vine. One site said that it can grow up to 65 feet in the first year - but mine after 2 years is still only about 8 feet tall.

I hope you have got a big greenhouse.

 

Crikey, what you going to use for pea sticks?

 

They used to sell those at Land's End to unsuspecting grockles as "seaweed seeds"

 

Forgive me for going off topic @Richard360 as I'm not growing Entada but I believe that I have a Mucuna sempervivens that PeterS sent me.
Peter - mine is just two foot tall but it has just survived the winter outdoors in a sheltered spot! Believe it or not it is growing better this year than it has since I recieved it!

 

I remember them being sold in the shell shops in Penzance yrs ago. Grockles is a Devon terminology though.......in Cornwall they are known a emmets.

 

Of course

 

Someone else had these on a FB group, let us know how you get on. I think I'd keep the seed myself and make a necklace

 

I'd see if you can swap em down the market for an old milking cow

 

Looking forward to seeing how this goes they are soaking now after I have drilled a few holes through the really hard shell but will keep you posted

 

Well guys looks like one of them has germinate the other one rotted about two days of growth

 

Well done Richard- fingers crossed

 

You're in for a treat!
I used to live in the tropics and have seen them growing.....absolutely humungous plants!

 

She is still growing and still not much to look at