Post Azc9U8akyo7frb4cbY by fiery@snac.bsd.cafe
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(DIR) Post #AzbvDj26qAbCbQ9CN6 by fiery@snac.bsd.cafe
2025-10-26T19:25:47Z
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Beans are such a powerful food crop. Being nitrogen fixers, they do not require a soil rich in organic material like most vegetables, since they can get nitrogen from the air and enrich the soil for themselves and the plants around them. Well it is actually not them, but microorganisms that live in their roots. And nitrogen fixers are also more resistant to drought. Beans in general are anual plants, meaning that they need to be planted again every year. Not the guand beans though. Those grow big bushes and will keep producing for a few years. By the time they die, they will have produced offspring already. They can compete well with wild weeds and only require minimal care when they are being first established. They have some kind of resin in their leaves and specially in their seed pods which makes them more resistant to bugs. The leaf-cutter ants seem to love their flowers and leaves and still the guandu beans are able to keep producing regardless. By not being too bushy, the guandu also is great to make half shadow and protect other plants where the sun is scorching. Despite their round grains being small (a bit smaller than soy beans), they have a thick skin which requires you to soak them for at least 20 hours before cooking so that they are not too hard. Their flavor is sweet, even when you salt them well, and they remind me of the flavor of the japanese adzuki beans. We just planted some here to experiment, but after seeing the results, we will spread them far and wide in our property from now on!#Gardening #Homesteading #Farming #NaturalFarming #Beans
(DIR) Post #AzbvqXosSvDD7PT7QG by fiery@snac.bsd.cafe
2025-10-26T19:28:39Z
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(DIR) Post #AzbwaSI1MFZFHwzZyK by Irisfreundin@troet.cafe
2025-10-26T19:38:09Z
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@fiery Unfortunately the bushes are not hardy. 😞
(DIR) Post #AzbwaTAy3xWI2MhScK by fiery@snac.bsd.cafe
2025-10-26T19:41:05Z
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@Irisfreundin@troet.cafe @fiery What do you mean by that exactly? They seem quite resistant to me. But maybe you meant something else by that word? Sorry english is not my native language, so maybe I am missing something here.
(DIR) Post #AzbyeSwr3DfAOj8FPc by Irisfreundin@troet.cafe
2025-10-26T19:45:42Z
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@fiery English is not my native language as well.In the middle of Germany in a mountain range we have frost down to -17°C in winter. Our seed supplier wrote, that Gungo are only annual.
(DIR) Post #AzbyeTz1CezJbj9UQK by fiery@snac.bsd.cafe
2025-10-26T20:04:13Z
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@Irisfreundin@troet.cafe @fiery Oh I see, so you mean they cannot resist that temperature. Maybe if you grow them in a greenhouse first year? In any case, that means they are not all that useful in places with lots of snow.
(DIR) Post #Azc97MSnEulcE0UK9o by Twocrows@pixelfed.social
2025-10-26T21:34:03+00:00
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Any online source for these beans to grow?
(DIR) Post #Azc97N8yi4VkKqE0uW by fiery@snac.bsd.cafe
2025-10-26T22:01:27Z
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@Twocrows@pixelfed.social Hmm it really will depend on what part of the world you are. And like other person commented, if you have a harsh winter, it may not be so good for your region
(DIR) Post #Azc9U8akyo7frb4cbY by fiery@snac.bsd.cafe
2025-10-26T22:03:31Z
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@Twocrows@pixelfed.social Here is the wikipedia with the scientific name which will help your search for seeds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeon_pea