BEAN-WINGED-CLIMBER
BEAN-WINGED-CLIMBER
A$3.50
Availability: 34 in stock
Seeds Per Pack: 10
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus
BEAN-WINGED-CLIMBER is a strong climber with mauve-blue flowers & four-angled pods with wavy margins. The pods, leaves, flowers & tubers are all edible. The seeds contain 34% protein & 17% oil; If you are growing for pods, leaves or flowers grow it on a trellis. The young leaves (top 3 sets of leaflets on a shoot) are cooked & eaten. The flowers taste like sweetish mushrooms. It is among the world’s most effective nitrogen-fixers. A daylight length of 11-13 hours during hot weather is needed to flower. Very frost sensitive. Growing to 3-4m but wait for warm weather before sowing; it will grow in a wide range of soils but requires moisture to do well; it tolerates acidity.
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| Germination Time (Days) | 7 – 15 |
| Maturity Time (Days) | 70 – 85 |
| Sowing Depth (mm) | 20 – 30 |
| Plant Spacing (cm) | 10 – 25 |
| Row Spacing (cm) | 60 – 100 |
| pH | 6 – 7.5 |
| Soil Temperature (°C) | – |
| Hardy / Frost Tender | Frost Tender |
| Sow Direct / Raise Seedlings | Sow Direct |
| Seed Preparation | – |
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