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Hello
I am very interested to know about soya beans.
I am pretty sure that much earlier in the year people were talking about growing soya beans.
We eat lots of these in our house but I thought they only grew outside of this country.
Please could people tell me how well they did with growing them as I would love to give them a go if they are worth the space. I do love a challenge but I have limited space on the allotment, always very full . If there was not much success I would rather grow something else and will continue to buy them from the shop.

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thanks

the pumpkin cuddler

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Hi Pumpkin Cuddler
Tompson and morgan sell soya bean Ustie witch is for this country
you get 400 seeds for £1.69
We had to buy some this year cos the rabbits eat them all We did not get one been so i am determind the little B....... are not going to get them this year,
Thow I do plan on having rabbit stew very soon
so if you are going to try it then protect them
or you could try them in pots might do that myself in the back yard
just got a load of pots from freecycle
I,ll see what Mrs D thinks

I think they are worth a try what have you got to lose

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Dobby

I grow lots of French beans, different varieties. I have also attempted to grow Ustie (the UK soya bean) for 2 years running.

It has NOT grown. I would continue buying them from H&B if I were you, and plant a lovely French bean instead

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I grew T&M's Ustie variety this year. Only got 4 germinated but the results have been pathetic though it was partly my fault for messing them about by delaying transplanting them to the bed. I started them off in pots/tray. The plants were never that big about 10 inches.

I don't know how I was supposed to harvest them but they are dried looking soya beans (got 29 beans slightly smaller than T&M seeds) and I wanted to eat them as green beans, boiled in their pods. Next year I want to grow a minimum of 20 plants and will make sure I start them off early.

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I'm going to put them in big pots like buckets and stat them of in the green house early
will let you know what happens

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Dobby

iv tried for 2 years now, sown multiple batches both years in different ways and they always rot off, no matter what i do. given up now. its not good for you to eat too much soya anyway..

tell that to the Japanese.

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Uh I love tofu can't have enough. I would love to grow soy beans but I don't think I will have a chance here

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Danish by birth, green by nature, Scottish by heart because of my darling and German by passion because of my Rottweiler puppy

Same here, love tofu too. I have been making it too ( for several times) but using lemon juice as a coagulant not the nigari or calcium sulfat.
I wish I can grow some of the soyabeans in the coming future but for now, will go and buy the soya beans from the shop

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On a slightly different leguminous tack anybody had any sucess growing butter beans? I tried one year and got about three pods!

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Has anyone tried the soy bean Envy? I think it's similar to Ustie but I'm not sure.

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Danish by birth, green by nature, Scottish by heart because of my darling and German by passion because of my Rottweiler puppy

I was looking at T&M soya beans, but won't bother after reading this thread.

But how do you make tofu momol?

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Manda.

"Wouldn't it be nice
For maybe an hour
To not have a care."

I've bought a packet of T&M soya bean seeds to try this year.

Nothing on the packet about how tall they grow or what support they need. Are they similar in growth to runner beans?

If they are a bit 'soft' I wonder whether it's worth trying a few plants in large pots in the greenhouse?

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I make the soya milk first, boil the soya milk (as soon as it boil,turn the flame off), stir in lemon juice/calcium salfate/nigari/glucono delta lactone until it coagulate. once it form cheese clogs, scoop it out on top of a kolander (layered with thin cotton fabric), wrap the curd with the fabric and set a bag off loose ice on top of if (to press it and also to cool it down). And our o so, it is ready.
If you are interested, I will look for the recipe (on internet), I am no longer following it's measurent .
I am currently using glucono delta lactone as the coagulant, works very well and the result is so much better.

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I have got some T & M Soya Beans also, wish I had read all of this before as I would not have bothered with them.

Still, any tips greatly appreciated and as they say, nothing ventured, nothing gained

Says here it grow to 4ft

Soya Bean : Ustie

Okay I shouldn't ask, but how do you make soya milk?!

Sounds yuk!

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Manda.

"Wouldn't it be nice
For maybe an hour
To not have a care."

Can I post it here ? oh well, I will know it if it removed .

Soak the soya beans overnight (doesnt matter how much you use, the ratio will be with the swollen beans). 1 cup beans: 2.5 cup water (I like it thick, you can go to 4 cups of water too). Use blender, puree the beans+water, strain them, boil it.
If you are drinking it as soya milk, add some sugar but if it is for tofu, add the coagulant.

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My mother made it but I didn't find it as tasty as the bought one as you would buy in little pack or soft drink can. Having said the Vietnamese cafe restaurant at my city centre makes their own and taste very good, guess they know what they're doing . Also the ones sold in 'normal' supermarket is meant as substitute for milk and doesn't taste good for drinking on its own.

Now to make tofu or bean curd from soya beans would be nice one to have as they can be relatively expensive to buy from supermarket and it's not everday I make city trips for the Chinese stores. I wouldn't grow soya beans for drying as it might be just as cheaper to buy the dried one, I intend to eat my home grown as green soya beans - highly addictive. Would you still recommend making homemade tofu or the effort is too much to faff about.

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Veg,

Here is the link if you would like to try making your own tofu:
How to make tofu (Milking the Soy Bean, Part 2) | Just Hungry
Happy tofu making .

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I planted some ordinary ones from Tesco a few weeks ago 'just to see' and they shot up to about a foot high. I forgot they were in the g/h on the first really frosty night though and they were goners I'll plant some more when it gets warmer and see how they get on. I might get some of the T&M ones too and do a mini trial.

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I will hopefully (if I get any) be eating my beans green, they are so moreish, you can make a bean salad or just add them to anything. Absolutly yummy