How to grow Winged bean growing and care:
Trellising
What is the best way to start growing?
Plant / Seedling / Seed
Is it necessary to graft or use vegetative reproduction?
No
Difficulties or problems when growing:
Aggressive
Planting season:
Spring, summer, autumn
Pests and diseases:
Larva
Pruning season:
All year
How to prune:
More for design it for easy pick
Size of the plant?
Height 2-4 m (6-12 feet) wide 3-5 m (10-15 feet
Growth speed in optimal condition:
Fast growing
Water requirement:
Average amount of water
Light conditions in optimal condition for growing:
Full Sun
Is it possible to grow indoor as houseplant?
No
Growing is also possible in a planter /flowerpot / containers:
Yes
Blooming information
Bloom season:
All year
General information about the flower:
Blue-purplish-white flowers with butterfly shape
Pollination is done by:
Butterfly, bees
Uses of Winged bean flowers:
Salad
Edible beans
Beans harvest season:
All year, in cold climate spring – summer
Beans pests or diseases:
Birds, larva
What can be done with big quantities of Winged bean beans?
Pods when young: cooked, stew. Beans when young: eaten raw. Dry beans: cooked stew
Work requirements on the beans:
For the beans it’s to pick them before it start to fall on the floor
How long does it take to bear beans?
Start to bear pods after 45 days
Edible leaves
Leaves harvesting season:
All year in colder climate spring – summer
How to harvest the leaves?
Young leaves, after the plant establish cut the branches that go upper that you can pick easier the pods
Information about leaves:
Triangle leaves round in the edge,
Uses of Winged bean leaves:
Salad when it young, after: soup, quiche
Scientific name:
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus
Categories
Blooming Seasons | - Autumn flowers
- Spring flowers
- Summer flowers
- Winter flowers
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Edible Parts | - Edible leaves
- Edible Pod
- Edible Seeds
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Culinary uses | - Cooked
- Eaten raw
- Leafy vegetables
- Salad
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Flower colors | - Blue flower
- Purple flower
- White flower
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Climate | - Mediterranean Climate
- Subtropics Climate
- Temperate Climate
- Tropics Climate
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Harvest Season | - Autumn Harvest
- Spring Harvest
- Winter harvest
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Plant growing speed | |
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Plant life-form | - Annual plant
- Evergreen
- Herbaceous
- Legumes
- Perennial plant
- Vine
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Plant Uses | - Edible plants
- Ground fixing plants
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Planting Season | - Autumn Planting
- Spring Planting
- Summer planting
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Plants sun exposure | |
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Watering plants | |
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Hardiness zone | - Hardiness zone 10
- Hardiness zone 11
- Hardiness zone 12
- Hardiness zone 13
- Hardiness zone 4
- Hardiness zone 5
- Hardiness zone 6
- Hardiness zone 7
- Hardiness zone 8
- Hardiness zone 9
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