Anyone grown edamame (soya) beans?

Hello,

I'd like to hear if anyone has any experience of growing edamame beans in the UK? I tried searching for edamame on this forum but there were no results!

I live in Bristol and have grown various types of beans succesfully - actually the beans and peas tend to be the most succesful of my veg for some reason - but I know that soya is not something that is usually grown in this climate.

Just wondering if it is even possible, really...?

Cheers,
Tom

 

Hi Tom

I have not grown them myself because they need a long hot summer with tempertures above 20'c which in the north of england are unlikely. They take upto 120 days to be havestable from sowing so starting them undercover in essential, the ground needs to be kept moist and they need plenty of sun. If i were you i would give them a go we could just have the long hot summer needed, if the crop fails they can allways be dug in as they help fix nitrogen in the soil. I would start them in mid May undercover hoping for a mid September harvest.

Rock

 

I once tried them here in N Lincs ,they didn't come to anything at all.Now I buy a bag of frozen ones.there are lots of veg much more worth the space.