SEED TYPE : Open Pollinated, Traditional

PLANT TYPE : Annual

FRUIT COLOR :  Green & Purple

SOWING TIME : Winter

SOWING METHOD : Directly from seed

GERMINATION TIME : 4 – 6 Days

GROWING CONTAINER : 12 inch Pot / Garden Bed

GROWING MEDIA : 1 part  Garden soil + 1 part Cocopeat + 1 part Vermicompost.

HARVESTING : 60 -75 Days after sowing.

DESCRIPTION :

Clove bean is a crop can be grown throughout the year. Hence it is called ‘Nithya Vazhuthana’ in Malayalam. It is a vine plant with small bunches of fruits. Tender fruits are used for cooking. The fruit are with long pedicels and swollen tips like bulb. This vegetable was popular until few years ago. New generation is not really familiar with this vegetable.

The winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus) is a tropical perennial that can be grown in more northern climates as an annual. The unusual-looking beans have four vertical fins and taste like a cross between dried beans and snap beans. Although winged bean vines look very similar to other pole bean plants, they are very vigorous and can reach lengths of 15 feet. The attractive pale blue flowers make the winged bean plant a welcome addition to landscaping plans as well as food garden plans.