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"David Hare-Scott" wrote in message ... FarmI wrote: Many thanks to all for the responses on how to grow soy beans. Now, to respond to 'bird: "songbird" wrote in message i've grown them from picking up seeds from the field next to us (likely a glyphosate resistant variety) And possibly also a GMO soy bean do you think? That would be the case. and didn't like those for taste as much as the few lbs i picked up from the health food store that were labelled organic. i planted those this year and the difference was noticeable in terms of season, the ones i planted turned brown several weeks later than the soybean fields around us. Was that too late in the season for you or was the alteness a good thing? Are you going to save some of your current harvest for replanting next year? i space them 4-6 inches apart and rows a foot apart. 1-2 inches deep, they have pretty big leaves and smother anything growing within a few feet of them so don't plan on planting anything right next to them, or you can do what i did with some of them to thin them out (so the strawberries got some sunshine) i just trimmed off some of the leaves. i used the trimmings for green manure and worm farm food. chickens would probably eat them. :-)) Perhaps our cows would like some rather than giving them to my chooks. My chooks get lots of (self serve) greens but will come running at the thought of some animal protein on offer - I lifted up some rubbish while the chooks were watching and I uncovered a mouse nest. The mice all ran for it, mother disappeared into the grass, the pink babes disappeared into the chooks in about 10 seconds, I was nearly knocked down in the rush. the cows come for green tidbits if they are in the paddock close to the veg garden :-)) The horses will come and coach us over the fence when we are in the garden to make sure we do it right and to ensure we give them some. if my estimate of the harvest this year is correct one bean gives between a 50 to 75 return. That's a pretty good result. harvesting by hand is a bit of work, but i like being outside picking. stripping the stalks is not too bad if you wait until the leaves have dried and fallen off and the pods are mostly dry (i.e. not green). i can pick three to four paper bags of pods in several hours. long sleeved shirt required. it's picky and dusty. the shelling is also dusty, but there are methods for doing that where you can avoid the dust too. i put the dry pods in a pillow case and stomp on them for a while. sort them from the chaff by dumping them from box to box in a good breeze or if it is too windy and rainy i use an inclined plane made out of cardboard and they roll down it as i squish and crumple the pods to get the beans out. i wear thin rubber gloves because the pods will stick to cotton gloves. i'm sure that beating the pillow case with a baseball bat would probably work too. the usual 90/10 rule applies, to get the first 90% of the beans takes 10% of the time and effort. if i had chickens or pigs i'd not even bother with the last 10% and let them pick through to get those, but as i have both time and patience i end up going for almost every bean i can find in the pods. then later on, i go through and pick out the beans i don't want to use for soymilk and put those in the worm food bucket. the chaff gets recycled back to the gardens one way or another too. it makes good worm bedding eventually. Thanks 'bird. A very good description. I've forwarded all responses to my email addy for future reference. I might even try some this year if I can squeeze some in somewhere - space is getting a bit on the tight side now. OK aside from "milk" and stock feed what would you do with them on a small scale? Is it sensible (possible) to make any of the multitude of soy products domestically that are made commercially? David We use them just as we would use lima beans. We have a hard time growing limas due to the clay soil, but the soy beans do well here and are a good substitute. The green edamame are very like "boiled peanuts". |
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