Soybean, Shirofumi

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Quick Facts:

*Low Impact Food ALERT* No energy intensive food processing necessary for winter eating

*Short Season ALERT* Matures quickly 

-Excellent as edamame or as a fresh shelling bean

-Great soybean for Northern climates

Glycine max

Bush beans.  80-90 days to edamame.  This is a great choice for northern climates.  Fresh edamame has a nutty flavor, this variety is typically eaten as a fresh shelling bean or as edamame.  Flavor is sweet, nutty, and buttery.  Resistant to anthracnose and common bean mosaic virus.  

How to grow it:

Germ Temp

Indoor Start

Germ Days

Frost Tolerant

Sun

Seed Depth

Plant/Row Spacing

75-85

Not rec.

6-17 d.

No

Full

1-1.5”

3-6”/8-10”

Plants are not frost hardy, sow after all danger of frost has passed and soil has warmed up.  We sow ours in early June, 1/2" deep.  Alternatively, start indoors 2-4 weeks before last frost and carefully transplant.

Seed specs:  1 packet~ 40 seeds