On Tue, 1 May 2012 19:46:59 -0400, songbird
wrote:

soybeans or edamame? (they are different varieties)

The varieies I have a

Tokio Verte (from Baker Creek), Green Butterbeans (from Johnny's).
These were grown last year, and the year prior (respectively).

Also have Fledderjohn (Baker Creek), and Fiskeby Edamame (High Mowing)
to try this year.

ALL of them are described as "edamame type".

I'd let them to to dry beans as it seemed that the pods never got all
that plump until they just started going dry, as if the seeds were
doing a last grab for moisture after the shell passed its prime.

perhaps they could use an innoculant.

Tons of N in the soil here, though I do use a legume innoculant as
well.

from what you've written before i think you have open skies
and plenty of space. are you in the foggy zone?

No, north of SF and the gate. We get cooling night fog on some summer
nights and have a longer than average growing season for the region.

the patches i've grown here have yeilded about 5lbs
per 40-60sq ft.

5 lbs green or let to dry? Yes, I realize that most bean plants stop
flowering if the beans are left on the plant too long (i.e. to dry),
so dry harvest is less than green harvest (besides the difference in
moisture content).

How densely planted? I had 6 or 8 plants last year. They were very
green, but never got more than about 12-18 inches tall. they weren't
vining, so didn't seem like the sort to be on a trellis. The pole
beans were adjacent and were producing like nuts.

i give them some water from the hose.

Mine were part of a timed irrigation with my pole beans on a soaker
hose.

my soybeans are twice to three times as tall.

Free standing or supported? How tall?

I have some mung beans growing, but I've never grown them before
(outside of for sprouts). They're all remaining awfully small -
basically not much larger than a sprout.

how much moisture are they getting?

Moist soil, but not soaking. I just transplanted them out this
morning. Not anything near being root bound or anything in the
containers they were in. I half expect the birds will clear them out
soon enough.