Sean Straw wrote:
songbird wrote:

however, below you mention growing them with
pole beans and if that is the case they might
not be getting enough sun to produce well.

No, in an area adjacent to pole beans. Not intercropped with them.
They were to the southeast of the pole bean suppport structure, so no
shadow. I'm particular about where I let tall things grow in the
garden - mostly limit it to the North side of things.

ok. the mystery will be interesting to
solve...


perhaps they could use an innoculant.

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

when you pull the plants out of the ground do
they have nodules on the roots?

Yea, all the beans end up having white rice/barley looking things on
the roots. First year I pulled up a bean plant, I thought it had a
bug infestation or disease.

hehe

hm, well if your regular beans and pole beans
are doing fine then it seems to come down to
variety differences or perhaps they like less
moisture than what they are getting. couldn't
say for sure without doing a test plot this
season with regular soybeans side by side with
the edamame. i'll be doing that here this season,
but no timed irrigation will be happening for
these gardens.

let me know how it goes or if you figure
something else out. i'm always curious...


songbird