Soya Beans

[possum]

I've been looking for soya beans for ages here and went to the Chinese supermarket in Ch.ch. where the lady there said that they weren't allowed to be imported into New Zealand

I can't believe it , can anyone tell me if it's true!

No wonder I haven't been able to find them if it is.

Sorry but she is talking absolute rubbish, I have bought them from several places in chch. An asian supermarket, the indian supermarket , new world and bin inn

[adekun]

Hi Adekun
Where did you buy these from ??
Thanks
Bluebell

If people get really desperate I might look at sending some. Things in the EU are more lax than NZ, but not sure.
These are a standard item in the local shops and work out about £1.20 a pack. I've just resown some as only a couple came up. May/June time is ideal here. This might not be a good variety to try in the UK?

[possum]

In the UK I sucessfully germinated soya beans from the stuff you buy in the supermarkets. They germinated and grew a little but did not grow to maturity, but that could be for a number of reasons.

[JustinFun]

So, a couple of months on, how are people's soy beans doing? I'm interested because I've never grown them before, or known anyone who has.

Ours are about 50cm high, flowering and a few of them have 2-4 little hairy bean pods on them, so I'm hopeful we'll get a small crop this year (all I've found on the web so far is people saying their crop failed last year!)

[possum]

Still a couple of months off thinking of planting mine, still middle of winter here

[possum]

Still a couple of months off thinking of planting mine, still middle of winter here

[romie]

To bump an old thread

I's asked about quinoa recipes in the recipe section and edamame were mentioned,

which got me to thinking about growing them

which led me here

Did anyone manage this successfully in the UK??? Plenty of people seemed to try......ta muchly

[JustinFun]

Well we got a crop, but they weren't hugely productive (about 10 or so small pods per plant). Might have been to do with the godawful summer we had last year though.

There's a new 'UK-friendly' strain available this year (last year we grew Ustie) so we're going to give it one more try.