«Macarena» - Organic Bean Seeds

An early maturing annual climbing vegetable belonging to the legume family. The growing season is 90-110 days. The main stem is up to 3 meters long with many lateral shoots, which are also actively bearing fruit. Each plant needs reliable support, because during the period of active fruiting, it weighs up to 5 kg.

The pods are thin, up to 70 cm, without fibers, fleshy, sweet, brown beans. The blades are used for food at the stage of "milk ripeness", up to 50 cm, in boiled, stewed, fried and canned form. Taste and nutritional value remain unchanged even when stored frozen for a long time.
 
Chinese Vigna "Macarena" gives a lot of greenery and is successfully used in the garden for decorative purposes, for vertical gardening of hedges, tunnels, gazebos, as well as for decorating balconies.
 
Sowing seeds
I sow cowpea seeds not earlier than mid-May, when the temperature reaches + 15-20 ° С, and the soil at a depth of 10 cm warms up to about + 10 ° С. Embedding depth 4-5 cm.
 
Seeding density
In a single row, along a fence or support, the distance between the grains is 10-20 cm.
 
Harvesting
The harvesting of the blades of the Chinese cowpea begins 8-10 days after the formation of the ovaries, when the seeds reach the size of a wheat grain. At this time, the cowpea beans are juicy, the bean shells are fleshy and very tasty.
The more young shovels are collected from fruiting cowpea plants, the more actively they will grow new fruits!
 
The value of culture
In China, cowpea is very popular as a tasty and medicinal plant. By the content of complete proteins, it is more valuable than fish and is close to meat. Contains calcium, phosphorus, potassium, iron, vitamins B1, B6, C, K.