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N. Cal: Windsor Favas (for food, not cover crop)
I've never grown fava beans before. Actually, I've never eaten fava
beans before, but I'm told they're like lima beans, which I like. But it will be too cold for limas for a few months yeat So, I just planted 6 fava beans today which I soaked a few days ago and which sprouted short roots while waiting for me to get the ground prepared. Soaking more tonight before planting them tomorrow. The ground--clay soil. I added about 1/2 inch of sand and 2 inches of organic soil mix, plus some osmocote, plus some garden gypsum. My soil has very low nitrogen. Favas are beans. I didn't buy any of that bean-powder bacteria culture. Will they still be okay? Will there be enough nitrogen fixing microbes to make the little root nodes that allow beans to self-fertilize and improve the soil? How many plants does one person need for a decent crop of beans? |
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