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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

NEW COMER BEAN : KARA BENGUK

This is the new comer in our home garden this season Kara Benguk  or Velvet Bean (Mucuna pruriens).
I got the seeds from the seed community that following the River Congress on August.
There are three varieties of this bean that I grow
I sowed the seeds on my tiny garden for trial.
Most of them grow so well.
But all of them are climbers.
So they are really taking space in our garden.
One of seven varieties that I've grown, looks grow so lush.
It's making my grey wall turns green and so 'thick', so dense.


The leaves are so thrive, so green...



Look... this is my green wall!



It makes the bitter gourd vines are growing so poor.
So wildly...



Hey... look...!
I'm finding a bunch of flowers!
The color is cute....


I'm finding the young beans too...
The color and the shape are unusual.



I think, I should remove some of the leaves to stimulate the vine on producing both of flower and beans.
Thanks GOD for the blessing...

8 comments:

  1. Endah that's great. A wonderful looking wall covering & productive too x

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    1. Thanks, Jo! But I should do pruning soon, before my wall disappear.

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  2. Oh everything so green and pretty, Endah. Hope the chopping will force the blooms to appear. Maybe also use fertiliser with reduced nitrogen.

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    1. Thank you, Stephanie. I hope so, and thank you for your advice too, I should try it.

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  3. I haven't seen beans with the flowers that colour before.

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    1. Me too, Sue! It's really a new thing for me, so interesting!

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  4. Macam2 variety ya kacang kara Endah. Cantik color bunganya. Pertama kali tengok dan kenal jenis yang ini

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    1. Saya pun baru pertama menanamnya, Kak Mala. Di daerah kering kacang ini banyak ditanam sebagai pengganti kedelai, sangat tangguh.

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