Bean Adzuki
Bean Adzuki is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
Adzuki beans are small, red beans that originated in Japan. It is a warm season annual that grows to 60 cm tall. The beans have a sweet nutty flavour, are high in protein and are relatively easy to digest compared to other beans. It is popular in Asian cooking and macrobiotic diets. No soaking is required for the dried beans and the cooking time is relatively short. It does best from southern NSW (with irrigation) to SE Queensland. It can also be used as a green manure. It does best when it is sown in mid-summer so that the pods are maturing as the temperature starts to fall. Sow it from early December to January in southern NSW; late January to early February in SE Queensland. Days to harvest: 120 for dried beans harvest when pods turn yellow, before splitting occurs; young pods can be eaten fresh.
Product: Bean Adzuki
Product type: SEED (45)
Botanical name: Vigna angularis
Syn.: Syn. Chinese red bean
Syn. Chinese red bean; Adzuki beans are small, red beans that originated in Japan. They have a sweet nutty flavour, are high in protein and are relatively easy to digest compared to other beans. Popular in Asian cooking and macrobiotic diets. No soaking is required and the cooking time is relatively short. It does best from southern NSW (with irrigation) to SE Qld. It can also be used as a green manure.
Plant type: Frost tender annual to 60 cm tall
Sow when: Germinate best at 18 - 25°C; sow so that pods are maturing as temperatures fall to 14°C in late summer
Temperate: Early December - January
Subtropical: Late January - early February
Tropical: Unlikely to do well as a dried bean harvest
Germination: 10 - 20 days
Depth: 1 - 3 cm deep
Position: Full sun
Sow where: Direct into garden bed
Soil type: Well drained, avoid clay soils; pH 5.8 - 6.4
Details: Keep crop evenly watered
Harvest: 120 days: for dried beans harvest when pods turn yellow, before splitting occurs; young pods can be eaten fresh
45 seeds per packet
Vigna angularis
Syn. Chinese red bean
Frost tender annual to 60 cm tall
Bean Adzuki
Adzuki beans are small, red beans that originated in Japan. It is a warm season annual that grows to 60 cm tall. The beans have a sweet nutty flavour, are high in protein and are relatively easy to digest compared to other beans. It is popular in Asian cooking and macrobiotic diets. No soaking is required for the dried beans and the cooking time is relatively short. It does best from southern NSW (with irrigation) to SE Queensland. It can also be used as a green manure. It does best when it is sown in mid-summer so that the pods are maturing as the temperature starts to fall. Sow it from early December to January in southern NSW; late January to early February in SE Queensland. Days to harvest: 120 for dried beans harvest when pods turn yellow, before splitting occurs; young pods can be eaten fresh.