Having learnt about them being a perennial, edible deciduous vine, I finally found my perfect pick for the shading sulotion outside out big west-facing French window. Three beans were planted in late spring last year. After more than half year's wait, I am picking some pods every week now in our subtropical winter.
Some pods didn't fill out properly before they shrivelled up. Not sure why; perhaps uneven water supply. Out of these 19 beans shown in the photo, which is a random selection, six didn't make it to full size and one moulded in the recent wet weather.
Some say Madagascar beans rarely fruit in the first year, but looking at mine I don't know what to say. They have filled the entire 1.8m trellis to shade my western French window, getting only afternoon sun, very occasional water to rain and near none fertiliser. The growing medium was from a few simple no-dig layers, with dried leaves, a bit of semi-mature home made compost, and soil from a deserted veggie patch plus mulch. It was a fairly shallow bed too, so most root system must have gone far under the layers I made, into the same soil that our grass is growing in.
Some say Madagascar beans rarely fruit in the first year, but looking at mine I don't know what to say. They have filled the entire 1.8m trellis to shade my western French window, getting only afternoon sun, very occasional water to rain and near none fertiliser. The growing medium was from a few simple no-dig layers, with dried leaves, a bit of semi-mature home made compost, and soil from a deserted veggie patch plus mulch. It was a fairly shallow bed too, so most root system must have gone far under the layers I made, into the same soil that our grass is growing in.
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